Bank Teller

Dutch Hiller introduced an old friend at last Friday morning's ROMEO (Real Old Men Eating Out) meeting. The old friend, Stanley, stopped by the La Crescenta Burger King during a summer-long tour of the United States and Canada. Hiller and Stanley go way back, back to the 1939 and 1940 hockey season when the National Hockey League team Hiller played for, the New York Rangers, won the famed Stanley Cup. Ever since the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association won the Stanley Cup in 1893, the NHL has made it a tradition for each player of the winning team to spend 24 hours with the cup. This summer, Philip Pritchard, the trophy curator and self-proclaimed Keeper of the Cup, has led the Stanley Cup Alumni Tour, toting the trophy around so former winners can spend a second day with the silvery Stanley.

DOWNTOWN — A man who allegedly tried to deposit a $4,000 phony check Thursday at Washington Mutual Bank was arrested after bank employees detected a discrepancy in the man's signature, authorities said. Jason Henderson, 31, was booked on suspicion of forgery and taken to Glendale City Jail on $20,000 bail, Glendale Police Officer John Balian said. Henderson, who identified himself to a bank teller as Kevin Jones, tried to deposit the check in an account under Jones' name, bank spokesman Gary Kishner said.

Grover Evans Jr., caught surfing the Web at the La Cañada public library for job opportunities, will be heading back to Arkansas thanks to Los Angeles County Sheriff community policing. According to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, on Dec. 23, Evans, 18, entered the Metropolitan National Bank in Little Rock, Ark., armed with a handgun. Evans allegedly shot a teller, James Garison, who died of from his injuries. He then demanded money from a second bank teller, who, fearing for his life, gave him an undisclosed amount of cash.

Gretchen Hoffman NORTHWEST GLENDALE -- A man cashing his tax refund checks got more for his money after a bank teller accidentally left a dye pack in with the money that soon exploded, police said. Because of the size of the refunds, the teller got the money from a secured area of the Bank of America branch at 6400 San Fernando Road, according to the police report. The incident occurred on Saturday. A dye pack was inadvertently left in with the cash.

  Marie McFadden, born June 13, 1919, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to many, went to be with the Lord on November 6, 2011. Marie was born in Knowlton, Wisconsin, the daughter of Frank and Celia Root. She touched the lives of many with her abundant life as a head bank teller, teacher at John Muir Elementary, and a real estate agent. Marie was a devoted Catholic at Holy Redeemer Church in Montrose, CA. She enjoyed spending her mornings with a church service, followed by a coffee social with friends.

Amber Willard DOWNTOWN -- Glendale police and FBI officials are searching for two men, one armed with a gun, who robbed a bank and fled in a gold Nissan Maxima. The men, dressed in dark clothing, walked into Sanwa Bank at 400 N. Glendale Ave. at 9:37 a.m. Wednesday and to the center of the lobby, where they yelled at customers and demanded money. FBI officials joined the case because they help investigate all bank robberies, Glendale Police Sgt. Rick Young said.

The man convicted of robbing the World Savings Bank branch in La Cañada Flintridge in 2000 has been arrested on suspicion of robbing the Montrose Citibank branch in July. The Los Angeles Police Department's Foothill Division arrested Jerome Wayne Powers, 39, of Los Angeles, last week on suspicion of violating the terms of his April 10 parole. Powers was paroled from state prison after being sentenced in October 2000 to five years for the World Savings Bank robbery. According to a previous Valley Sun report, a bank teller mouthed to her supervisor she was being robbed on a Saturday morning in July by a man she feared to be armed.

Glendale resident Esther Levine didn't want to sit at home, even after retiring twice. Levine, 88, retired from a 20-year-career in banking and decided to go back to work again in the industry, performing a range of tasks from bank teller to clerk for the next 21 years. After the second retirement she found volunteer work at Glendale Adventist Medical Center. "I want to be active," said Levine, the mother of two, grandmother of six and great-grandmother of 17. "I'm not one to stay home."

ELEANOR RYAN LUNDIN Eleanor Ryan Lundin, 91, a longtime Glendale resident, died Aug. 24, 2002 in Glendale. She was born Dec. 3, 1910 in Twin Falls, Idaho. Prior to retiring she was a bank teller for 20 years with Bank of America. She is survived by her daughters, Patricia Grim of Glendale and Diane Tarazi of Ontario; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. Her husband, Larry Lundin, died in 1986. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills.

Lolita Harper BURBANK -- Police are crediting observant customers with assisting in the arrest of a Burbank California Federal Bank teller, accused of "skimming" credit cards. Vahag Abramyan, 23, was charged with 16 felony counts that include identity theft, grand theft and commercial theft, police said. Abramyan, a resident of Glendale, was arrested on July 11 after bank officials were tipped off to the alleged crime by numerous customers who reported suspicious activity by the teller, said bank investigator Phil Johnson.