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BOMB THREAT IN WATSONVILLE BANK – 09/14/10 06:28 S.S.

A  QUICK-THINKING  BANK  MANAGER  KEPT  A  BANK ROBBERY  FROM  HAPPENING  IN  WATSONVILLE  YESTERDAY.     THAT  AFTER  59  YEAR-OLD  MARK  SMITH WALKED  INTO  THE   EAST  LAKE  AVENUE BRANCH,  DEMANDED  2  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  SO  HE  COULD  PAY  A  FRIEND’S  RENT, AND  SAID  HE  HAD  A  BOMB  IN  HIS  BACK-PACK.      THE  BANK  MANAGER  TOLD   SMITH HE’D  BE  BETTER  OFF  JUST  TAKING  OUT  A  LOAN.     WHILE  PRETENDING  TO GO  GET  THE  APPROPRIATE  LOAN  PAPERWORK,  SHE  CALLED  9-1-1.   

SMITH WAS  BOOKED  INTO  SANTA  CRUZ  COUNTY  JAIL ON  SUSPICION  OF  ATTEMPTED  ROBBERY,   MAKING  CRIMINAL  THREATS, AND  MAKING A FALSE  BOMB  REPORT.

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