By Cathy Locke
clocke@sacbee.com
Investigators today released surveillance photos of a takeover-style bank robbery in Cameron Park Thursday morning. (Photos below)
Wells Fargo is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the three robbers.
No one was injured in the robbery, which occurred at 10 a.m., according to an El Dorado County Sheriff's Office news release.
Witnesses told deputies that two men entered the bank at 3440 Palmer Drive. One was carrying what appeared to be an assault rifle and began shouting at people inside the bank to get on the ground. The second man jumped over the counter and demanded money.
A third man stood at the front door of the bank during the robbery.
After receiving an undisclosed amount of money, the three left the area in a late-model Honda four-door sedan.
Deputies responding to the robbery report found the vehicle abandoned in a neighborhood about a mile from the bank. They searched the area, but did not find the robbers.
Several neighborhood residents reported seeing two men get out of the Honda and enter a white Geo Prism, which then left the area.
The three men were described as in their 20s. Sheriff's officials said the men were wearing hooded sweatshirts and some type of covering over their faces, which left investigators with few other details about the robbers.
Deputies learned that the vehicle the men abandoned may have been carjacked out of Oakland this week.
Anyone with information pertaining to the robbery is asked to call the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office at (530) 621-6600.
Call The Bee's Cathy Locke, (916) 321-5287.
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