OAKLAND — The Loomis Armored Car Company is offering up to $25,000 in additional reward money for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects who robbed one of their trucks of a large amount of cash June 27 outside an East Oakland bank, authorities said Wednesday.
Oakland police were already offering up to $10,000 in reward money for information leading to arrests in the case
Two masked men armed with assault rifles confronted the truck’s two guards in the parking lot outside a Wells Fargo Bank branch in the Foothill Square Shopping Center, 10700 MacArthur Blvd., about 10:50 a.m. June 27 and fled with a substantial amount of cash that was about to be delivered to the bank, authorities said. The exact amount of money taken has not been disclosed.
The robbers then fled with the money in a car. No one was injured and the robbers never entered the bank, police said.
One of the robbers is described as black, in his 30s, about 6 feet tall and 280 pounds with a bald head and dark complexion. A detailed description of the second robber was not released.
Authorities said the reward offered by Loomis will remain in effect until Dec. 1 while there is no expiration date on the reward being offered by police.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call police at 510-238-3326 or Crime Stoppers at 510-777-8572.