SUSPECT ARRESTED IN ROBBERY OF BANK CUSTOMER IN EL CAJON
June 28, 2011 (El Cajon) --On Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 at approximately 11:00 a.m., the victim was exiting the Wells Fargo Bank at 250 N. Second, El Cajon after just making a deposit when the suspect approached. The suspect physically assulted him, grabbed the victim's bank deposit bag, and fled on foot. The victim did not sustain any injury.
As units began saturating the area and contacting witnesses, they were informed of a subject matching the suspect discription seen checking doors to parked vehicles a short distance away, in the 200 block of Shady Lane.
Officers immediately began checking parked cars on the street where witnesses reported last seeing the possible suspect. Officers observed a subject matching the suspect description, hiding in the back seat on the floor board of a parked car.
Officers contacted the subject in the vehicle and found evidence that linked him to the robbery and ultimately lead to his arrest. The name of the suspect is temporarily being withheld as detectives conduct further information.