Thursday, January 26, 2006
Another Cigarette deal catches the bad guy, Just some humor folks,,,but its true.
EXETER, Calif. - The last of eight people taken hostage inside a bank was released early Thursday after more than 10 hours.
Sgt. Chris Douglass said officers seized the gunman at 3:15 a.m. local time after he asked police negotiators for cigarettes to be delivered to the Bank of America branch in Exeter, a town near Fresno, Calif., where he was holding the last of his hostages — a female bank employee.
“During delivery of the cigarettes, officers were able to extract the last hostage and the suspect is in custody,” Douglass said.
Police identified the suspect as Jesse Martinez, 47, of Visalia, Calif.
‘Shocking’ for small town.
A small town with a population of about 10,000 surrounded by farmland, Exeter calls itself the “Citrus Capital of the World.”
About a block away, the Wildflower Cafe remained open to feed officers and family members of the hostages for free, said manager Rachel Lindholm. About 9,800 people live in the close-knit central California town, which is about 40 miles southeast of Fresno.
Sgt. Chris Douglass said officers seized the gunman at 3:15 a.m. local time after he asked police negotiators for cigarettes to be delivered to the Bank of America branch in Exeter, a town near Fresno, Calif., where he was holding the last of his hostages — a female bank employee.
“During delivery of the cigarettes, officers were able to extract the last hostage and the suspect is in custody,” Douglass said.
Police identified the suspect as Jesse Martinez, 47, of Visalia, Calif.
‘Shocking’ for small town.
A small town with a population of about 10,000 surrounded by farmland, Exeter calls itself the “Citrus Capital of the World.”
About a block away, the Wildflower Cafe remained open to feed officers and family members of the hostages for free, said manager Rachel Lindholm. About 9,800 people live in the close-knit central California town, which is about 40 miles southeast of Fresno.
