Authorities in Northern California have arrested a Napa man in a string of bank robberies across the state, including recent holdups in Rancho Bernardo, La Jolla and Carlsbad.
California Highway Patrol officers arrested Arthur Cheney, 64, at gunpoint Wednesday as he drove on state Route 70 near Marysville.
A CHP spokesman said that after taking Cheney into custody, officers found a handwritten note in his car that read “Robbery – 100s and 50s only.”
Cheney is a suspect in robberies at 16 banks across the state since July, including Nov. 27 in Rancho Bernardo. Authorities had dubbed the robber the “Highway 101 Bandit.”
Authorities say they believe the robbery streak began in July with a holdup of the Bank of Marin in Petaluma.
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Hit-and-run accident pins woman, 81, in her car
PEGGY PEATTIE / Union-Tribune
Emergency crews from the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department had to cut the roof off a car before working to remove an 81-year-old woman whose vehicle was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Hillcrest yesterday.
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HILLCREST: An 81-year-old woman was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident at noon yesterday sunday on University Avenue near Tenth 10th Street. in the San Diego neighborhood of Hillcrest.
At noon, the woman was stopped in traffic when her car was struck from behind, and pushed into the vehicle in front of her. She was pinned inside her car until San Diego Fire-Rescue Department personnel cut in through the roof. She was taken to a hospital. The suspect fled on foot, leaving his car behind. He was described as about 6 feet to 6 feet 2 inches tall, with light, olive-colored skin, short hair and sideburns.
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Woman, 51, identified as victim of fatal crash
SAN DIEGO: A woman killed in a crash Saturday night has been identified as Naomi Woods, 51, of San Diego, an investigator from the county Medical Examiner's Office said.
The two-vehicle collision occurred shortly after 9 p.m. on Interstate 15 just north of Carroll Canyon Road, authorities said.
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Staff writers Steve Schmidt, Sandra Dibble and Angelica Martinez contributed to this report.
