Robber wore pink hospital scrubs and Darth Vader mask

A man dressed in pink hospital scrubs and a Darth Vader mask robbed a bank inside a grocery store on Friday in Rowland Heights, but Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies said they didn't have to go far to find him.



The man, who was not immediately identified, was a "courtesy clerk" at the same Albertson's grocery store in the 19000 block of Colima Road where the Bank of America branch was located, said L.A. Sheriff's Capt. Mike Parker.

At about 11 a.m. on Friday, a man carrying a hatchet and dressed in a Darth Vader-type mask, pink scrubs, a black wig and gloves approached a bank teller and demanded money.

 

Sheriff's officials would not say how much was taken from the bank, but during their investigation they determined that the thief worked in the Albertson's supermarket. He was arrested about three hours later at another location, Parker said. "The robber's elaborate disguise did not keep him from getting caught," Parker said.