Man attacked with bat during robbery near Visalia bank

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Visalia constabulary are searching for 2 teenagers accused of attacking and robbing a antheral connected Monday night.

The robbery conscionable aft 11 p.m. adjacent Oak Avenue and Church Street.

Investigators accidental the antheral had conscionable $1,000 from the Bank of America connected Main Street erstwhile helium was confronted by 2 teens equipped with a weapon and a bat.

The unfortunate was struck with the bat and the attackers stole his wealth and ran away.

Officers accidental fortunately, the antheral did not person large injuries and is expected to marque a afloat recovery.

Now, they're sharing information reminders for others.

"If you bash request to propulsion retired cash, accidental successful the mediate of the night, ever bring idiosyncratic with you and beryllium definite to beryllium alert of your surroundings, ne'er spell unsocial to bash thing similar that," suggested Liz Jones with the Visalia Police Department.

Marc De La Cruz, the proprietor of Vitruvian Martial Arts, says having a canine with you oregon utilizing a drive-up ATM whitethorn beryllium safer, but helium recommends avoiding them altogether astatine night.

"That is simply a clip erstwhile determination are not gonna beryllium a batch of witnesses astir and criminals cognize that.," says De La Cruz.

Marc's gym offers escaped aforesaid defence classes for beginners and to those who person been attacked before.

"With today's nine the mode things are close present if you are not actively learning immoderate aforesaid defense, if you don't person idiosyncratic that tin support you with you it's a gamble," mentioned De La Cruz.

He besides has a connection to the criminals who effort to people guiltless victims.

"There are much and much radical training, and 1 day, I'm definite it has already happened and these attackers are gonna spell successful and effort to instrumentality vantage of idiosyncratic they deliberation is anemic and find retired the idiosyncratic is really precise skilled and they are gonna person their hands afloat and beryllium taught a lesson," De La Cruz explained.

If the equipped robbers are caught they could look felony charges.

This is an ongoing investigation.

Anyone with accusation is urged to interaction the Visalia Police Department astatine (559) 734-8117.

To stay anonymous, telephone the extremity enactment astatine (559) 713-4738.

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