A California man who held hostages inside a bank for 16 hours has been unmasked as a disgraced US Army veteran and a convicted sex offender. Anthony Scott Searles-Harris, 41, stormed the Chase Bank on 17th Street and Chester in Bakersfield at around 1pm on Tuesday and claimed he had a bomb strapped to his chest and to a hostage. #hostages #anthonyscottsearlesharris #chasebank