Bank robbery update

The Press Democrat article I linked in my previous post has been greatly expanded. It was last modified at 3.30 PM, by when the ordeal was over for most. It also includes now an image gallery with 8 often dramatic photos, one of which is copied below. The most important information at this time is

Authorities are looking for one suspect, described as a light-skinned man, either Latino or white, in his 40s wearing a mustache, a black stocking cap, a black coat and tie.

I guess they are no longer looking for a second suspect. I wonder whether that means they got him or they think now that the robbery was done by a single person.

Bank robbery

I just drove through Forestville on my way home and noticed (it was hard not to) about two dozen police cars and the downtown being blocked off. I asked the policeman directing the traffic away what's going on, but he only told me to move on. Now I am home and learned that there has been a bank robbery about 40 minutes ago. Here is the Press Democrat's reportage as of right now:

Authorities are reporting a robbery at a Forestville bank on Thursday, apparently occurring over the lunch hour on Front Street.

The victim was Bank of the West, based on an address broadcast by sheriff's radio shortly before 1 p.m. Thursday.

One suspect was described as a light-skinned Latino man in his 40s wearing a mustache, a black stocking cap, a black coat and tie. A second suspect was described as a man in his 50s or early 60s with dark brown hair, a mustache and goatee and wearing a black beanie hat.

Additional details were not immediately available

I will post more when I know more.

Windsor driver arrested after mail boxes mown down

The California Highway Patrol on Thursday arrested a Windsor man suspected of driving through a row of mail boxes on Laguna Road at Maryannis Drive near Forestville before getting stuck in a ditch.


Read the whole story at the Press Democrat.