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Funny- my real pistol didn't get me nearly this much attention while at a branch of my bank.
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It happened at 11:40 a.m. at the Wells Fargo Bank on 10707 Camino Ruiz at Mira Mesa Blvd.
Police responded to the scene after receiving a call from someone inside the bank, said Mónica Muñoz, spokeswoman for the San Diego Police Department. The caller said there was a man seated inside who appeared to have a gun in his lap, according to Muñoz.
The man who was wearing the belt, Jacob Johnson, 23, told NBC 7/39 he had no idea his fashion accessory alarmed anyone inside.
He said he was sitting down, talking on his cell phone, while waiting for his friend, Jeff Russell, 23, to open an account. No one questioned him about his belt while inside, he said.
When the two were done, they left the bank to find police waiting for them with guns drawn, Russell said.
"The cops said, 'Put your hands in the air'," Johnson said.
Johnson said he and Russell were handcuffed, placed in the back of a patrol car, and questioned by police.
Was Johnson surprised at the reaction the belt received?
"It's a belt buckle," Johnson told NBC 7/39. "Maybe they should have just looked at it and said it wasn't a real gun."
While Munoz said the pair did not break any laws, police explained to them that "it's a very sensitive situation" for anyone to carry a weapon -- real or a replica -- in a bank.
Johnson said belts like his are for sale almost anywhere, including local malls and the Del Mar fair.
The two men are not facing any charges.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070706-1422-bn06gunbelt.html
SAN DIEGO – It began as a report of an attempted bank robbery.
It turned out to be nothing more than a man's distinctive belt buckle.
The belt with its distinctive buckle is shown on the hood of a patrol car.
Police surrounded the Wells Fargo Bank branch on Camino Ruiz near Mira Mesa Boulevard in Mira Mesa at 11:42 a.m. after someone in the bank reported a man had what looked like a gun under his shirt.
The man, 24-year-old Jacob Johnson of Rancho Peñasquitos, was wearing a dress shirt, casual slacks and a belt with a gun-shaped buckle when he and his friend and neighbor, Jeffrey Russell, entered the bank.
Johnson said he sat and waited while Russell opened an account and cashed a check.
Several minutes later they walked out of the bank to see 10 to 15 police officers with their real guns pointing at them, Johnson said.
“They said 'Put your hands in the air,' ” he said.
Officers then handcuffed both men and put them in the back of separate police cars
Funny- my real pistol didn't get me nearly this much attention while at a branch of my bank.