UPDATE:
After a high speed chase that moved into Los Angeles County, Costa Mesa police have arrested two men allegedly involved in an armed robbery of a Costa Mesa bank this morning, according to police.
Three men entered the Downey Savings at 360 E. 17th St. at about 10 a.m., took control of the bank and grabbed cash before fleeing, police said.
The men drove away — using a getaway driver — in a blue car but swapped it later at Cabrillo Street when meeting another suspect driving a black Toyota Sequoia, police said. The men hid in the vehicle, but a resident spotted them and alerted police. The police “Eagle” helicopter spotted the suspects at the 73 Freeway and 55 Freeway connector, according to police.
Police pursued the men into Los Angeles County, declining to have California Highway Patrol take over, and apprehended the men at the Baldwin Hills Mall, police said.
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