Man arrested after Subway holdup Three men,...

Man arrested after Subway holdup

Three men, one brandishing a handgun, forced two Subway employees

into the restaurant’s refrigerator and stole money from the cash

register Friday night, police said.

William Adam Banks, 22, was arrested on suspicion of armed robbery

around 8 p.m., and Costa Mesa police were still looking for two other

suspects at press time.

The three males entered the Subway restaurant at 1815 Newport

Blvd., said Lt. Dale Birney of the Costa Mesa Police Department, and

the police were called after the suspects left the restaurant. Then

an officer on duty noticed someone matching the given description.

Banks was arrested near Fire Station No. 3 on Park Avenue shortly

after officers were notified of the robbery. Banks’ bail was set at

$100,000, Birney said.

Birney said that officers were setting up a sobriety checkpoint on

17th Street and Westminster Avenue when the robbery was reported, so

several officers were already in the area.

“These guys picked the wrong night at the wrong location to do

their robbery deeds,” Birney said.

-- Matt Ballinger