Suspected bank robbers caught after chase
Sue Doyle
COSTA MESA -- Three men allegedly robbed an Irvine credit union
Tuesday and led authorities on a chase that eventually ended behind a
hotel near South Coast Plaza.
The Irvine Police Department did not release the suspects’ names. All
three were arrested on a charge of suspicion of bank robbery and are
temporarily being held in Costa Mesa Jail. Authorities did not have any
further information about the suspects.
Police said the three men allegedly held up the American Electronics
Assn. Credit Union, at 4520 Barranca Parkway, around 3:30 p.m.
Police said the suspects left the credit union in a sport-utility
vehicle and headed north on the San Diego Freeway. Irvine police caught
up with the suspects, who exited the freeway at Bristol Street.
The suspects’ vehicle later jumped a curb at Sunflower Avenue and
Avenue of the Arts, puncturing a tire, but the chase continued, police
said.
The vehicle finally stopped behind the Wyndham Garden Hotel. All three
men attempted to escape on foot, but were caught by authorities, police
said.
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