Trash helps convict
Venice bank robber
MICHAEL LYNN BAIRD
PROVIDED PHOTO
A teller faces a bank robber on June 26, 2013 at the Bank of America downtown branch on West Venice Avenue. This photo, which was published previously in the Venice Gondolier Sun, led to somebody identifying the suspect, identified as Michael Lynn Baird (shown in his mug shot). He has been convicted.
A Venice man charged with robbing a downtown bank was found guilty this week. A six-person jury took only 30 minutes to deliberate on Thursday, May 1.
Michael Lynn Baird, 53, was accused of robbing the Bank of America, 304 W. Venice Ave., on June 26, 2013.