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INTERFERE WITH THE INVESTIGATION. THE RIGHT WORDS AT THE RIGHT TIME. THAT’S WHAT WOODLAND POLICE SAY MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE WHEN A MAN STEPPED IN AS SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO ROB A BANK. KCRA THREE’S LYSEE MITRI SPOKE TO THAT MAN WHO APPEARS TO HAVE PREVENTED A CRIME WITH A BRAVE ACT OF KINDNESS. WORD SPREAD FAST. IT’S KIND OF A SHOCK ABOUT A WOODLAND MAN. GUY’S A HERO. I WANTED TO SHAKE HIS HAND AND HIS UNFORGETTABLE TRIP TO THE BANK, AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE YESTERDAY. I WAS GOING TO COME AT 11, 11:00. I HAD IT. THAT’S WHAT I WAS HERE. AND I GO, I’LL JUST GO TOMORROW. YOU MISSED THE ACTION. MICHAEL ARMAS FOUND HIMSELF AT THE CENTER OF IT WHILE MAKING A DEPOSIT HERE AT THE BANK OF THE WEST ON MAIN STREET, WHERE HE KNOWS ALL THE TELLERS. BECAUSE I’M ALWAYS JOKING AROUND. AND IT WAS A NO JOKE YESTERDAY INSTEAD OF SMILES THIS TIME HE WAS MET WITH LOOKS OF CONCERN AND ARMAS NOTICED A MAN INSIDE COVERING HIS FACE WITH HIS SHIRT. I SEEN IT THE WAY HE WAS TALKING. HE WAS GETTING IRRITATED. HE SAID, I DON’T WANT TO HURT ANYBODY. WOODLAN POLICE SAY THAT MAN HAD PASSED A NOTE TO ONE OF THE TELLERS CLAIMING HE HAD A GUN AND WAS ROBBING THE PLACE, UNBEKNOWNST TO ARMAS. BUT THE THING WAS, I SEEN SOMETHING ELSE. HE SEEMED TO BE DEPRESSED WAY HE WAS TALKING, SO I JUST APPROACHED HIM AND I ASKED HIM, I SAID, WHAT’S WRONG? I SAID, YOU DON’T HAVE A JOB. HE SAID, THERE’S NOTHING IN THIS TOWN FOR ME, NOTHING IN THIS TOWN FOR ME. I JUST I JUST WANT TO GO TO PRISON. ARMAS SAYS HE TRIED TO COMFORT HIM AND ASKED IF THEY COULD STEP OUTSIDE, SO HE TOOK HIM OUTSIDE AND I GIVE THE MAN A HUG RIGHT HERE AT THE DOORS, AND HE STARTED CRYING. AND THEN I STEPPED AWAY FROM HIM. AND THERE’S FOOD HERE. COME ALL THE COPS. NO SIRENS, JUST LIGHTS EVERYWHERE. RIFLES OUT. GET ON THE GROUND. VIDEO FROM A VIEWER SHOWS AS POLICE CLEARED OUT THE BANK. THE LADIES WERE ALL WORRIED. THE ONE IN THERE STILL WERE SAYING, NO, NO, NOT THE ONE IN THE BLACK SHIRT. ARMAS IS PRETTY CASUAL ABOUT IT ALL. I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS MEANT FOR ME TO BE HERE THAT DAY. POLICE ARRESTED 43 YEAR OLD EDUARDO PLACENTIA FOR ATTEMPTED ROBBERY AND ARMAS SAYS HE’S THINKING OF VISITING HIM IN JAIL. YOU KNOW, LOVE OVERCOMES ALL THINGS. PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE THAT TRY TO BE KIND TO SOMEBODY MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN WOODLAND LYSEE MITRI KCRA THREE NEWS. NOW POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT WAS NOT ARMED, DESPITE CLAIMING THAT HE HAD A GUN. ARMAS SAYS, WELL, HE DOESN’T KNOW THE MAN. HE SAYS HE ACTUALLY DID RECOGNIZE HIS FACE AND IN FACT, BELIEVES THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIVED
'It was meant for me to be here': Customer talks man out of robbing California bank
A customer inside a California bank convinced a would-be robber to walk away on Monday, police said."I believe it was meant for me to be here that day," Michael Armus, Sr. said.He said he got to the bank at about 11 a.m. on Monday to make a deposit.However, he quickly realized something was wrong when he saw the bank tellers."I'm always joking around, and it wasn't no jokes yesterday," Armus said.Instead of smiles on their faces, he said he saw looks of concern and noticed a man in the bank covering his face with his shirt. Police in Woodland said it was 43-year-old Eduardo Plasencia, who is accused of passing a note to the teller, which claimed that he had a gun and was robbing the bank.Armus said the man looked like he was getting irritated and said, "I don't want to hurt anyone.""The thing was, I seen something else. He seemed to be depressed, the way he was talking," Armus said. "So, I just approached him, and I asked him, I said, 'What’s wrong?' I said, 'You don’t have a job?' He said, 'There’s nothing in this town for me. Nothing in this town for me. I just want to go to prison.'" Armus tried to comfort him and asked if they could step outside. "So, I took him outside, and I give the man a hug right here at the doors," Armus said, pointing to the location. "He started crying, and then I stepped away from him and swoop, here come all the cops. No sirens, just lights everywhere."Woodland police said officers booked Plasencia at the Yolo County jail for attempted robbery. He was not armed like he had claimed, according to police.Armus said that while he does not know the man, he did recognize his face."Like 25, 20 years ago, he lived in an apartment complex I did. I didn’t know him, but I have seen him around. He was a friend of my daughter’s. That broke the ice for me," he said.Now, Armus said he is considering visiting Plasencia in jail."Love overcomes all things. People don't realize that. Try to be kind to somebody," Armus said. "It makes a difference."
A customer inside a California bank convinced a would-be robber to walk away on Monday, police said.
"I believe it was meant for me to be here that day," Michael Armus, Sr. said.
He said he got to the bank at about 11 a.m. on Monday to make a deposit.
However, he quickly realized something was wrong when he saw the bank tellers.
"I'm always joking around, and it wasn't no jokes yesterday," Armus said.
Instead of smiles on their faces, he said he saw looks of concern and noticed a man in the bank covering his face with his shirt.
Police in Woodland said it was 43-year-old Eduardo Plasencia, who is accused of passing a note to the teller, which claimed that he had a gun and was robbing the bank.
Armus said the man looked like he was getting irritated and said, "I don't want to hurt anyone."
"The thing was, I seen something else. He seemed to be depressed, the way he was talking," Armus said. "So, I just approached him, and I asked him, I said, 'What’s wrong?' I said, 'You don’t have a job?' He said, 'There’s nothing in this town for me. Nothing in this town for me. I just want to go to prison.'"
Armus tried to comfort him and asked if they could step outside.
"So, I took him outside, and I give the man a hug right here at the doors," Armus said, pointing to the location. "He started crying, and then I stepped away from him and swoop, here come all the cops. No sirens, just lights everywhere."
Woodland police said officers booked Plasencia at the Yolo County jail for attempted robbery. He was not armed like he had claimed, according to police.
Armus said that while he does not know the man, he did recognize his face.
"Like 25, 20 years ago, he lived in an apartment complex I did. I didn’t know him, but I have seen him around. He was a friend of my daughter’s. That broke the ice for me," he said.
Now, Armus said he is considering visiting Plasencia in jail.
"Love overcomes all things. People don't realize that. Try to be kind to somebody," Armus said. "It makes a difference."
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