#bank-robbery

#bank-robbery

At this point, it's probably safe to say that Valentino Luchin is better at cooking risotto, calamari, and grilled lamb sirloin than he is at robbing banks. In 2018, the celebrated chef and former owner of an Italian restaurant in Walnut Creek pleaded guilty to robbing an Orinda bank and received a yearlong jail sentence, followed by probation. Now he's back in jail, this time in San Francisco, where prosecutors accuse him of robbing three banks within a single day, court records show.

Lightning orchestrated a terrifying crime spree across San Diego County from 2019-2022, leading to multiple bank takeovers and significant terror among bank employees.

The released videos provide clear evidence of Vargas holding a gun during a high-stakes police pursuit.

It was offensive to me that a serial robber could victimize as many hard-working Americans as this guy did all across the country and only receive 17½ years from the federal government.