YAKIMA, Wash. -- The 21-year-old sought by Yakima police for a Sunday stabbing is now also suspected in a bank robbery this morning.
Police say Aurelio Venegas robbed the Central Valley Bank, 301 W. Yakima Ave., at 10:40 a.m. The robber handed a teller a note and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. No weapon was seen.
“We got a pretty good description from the teller,” Yakima police Sgt. Scot Levno said.
That description, specifically mention of a mole on the left side of the robber’s face, led police to link the robbery with Sunday’s stabbing, at a Fairbanks Avenue apartment.
“It turns out it’s the same guy,” Levno said.
Police believe Venegas stabbed another 21-year-old man in the face and head Sunday morning. That man reported waking to find Venegas attacking him. Both men had arrived at the apartment in the 1300 block of Fairbanks Avenue earlier that morning. The victim was conscious and alert when police arrived at 9:35 a.m. He was taken to Yakima Regional Medical & Cardiac Center.
Police say Venegas is 5-foot-5 and Hispanic with a small build and that mole on his face. He was last seen wearing a red hooded sweatshirt and baggy jeans.
It’s unclear whether he’s still in Yakima, Levno said.
“We’re opining that maybe he needed the cash to get out of town (following the stabbing),” he said.
http://www.yakima-herald.com/stories/2009/12/14/suspect-in-weekend-stabbing-now-wanted-for-bank-robbery
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