2 Stylish Suspects Held in Bank Holdups

Two men wearing “top of fashion” clothes were apprehended by police Tuesday after they allegedly held up two banks, one on Wilshire Boulevard and the other in Century City.

“They were always wearing something at the top of fashion . . . , “ said Los Angeles Police Detective Sgt. Jim Grayson. “(Tuesday) they wore black fedoras, silver-gray suits, white shirts and ties. The whole idea was to keep people from looking at their faces.”

One suspect, Kevin F. Stone, 28, was booked in the jail ward at County-USC Medical Center, where he was being treated for bites from a police dog who found him hiding behind a fence in West Los Angeles still holding a bag with $3,300 reportedly taken from a Wells Fargo office in Century City, Grayson said. The other suspect, Lawrence D. Griffey, 29, was captured by a motorcycle officer after a short chase. Grayson said Griffey had $700, believed taken from a Security Pacific office, in his socks.