UPDATE 6 p.m. Nov. 19:
The suspect in an alleged Temecula bank robbery Sunday was arrested early Monday, police said in an updated news release.
Matthew Rey, 20, of Temecula was taken into custody early Monday on suspicion of the robbery at US Bank, 29530 Rancho California Road, according to Temecula police.
Rey was caught after investigating officers viewed surveillance footage from the alleged heist and forwarded possible suspect information to patrol officers, Temecula police Sgt. K. McDonald said.
At about 1:18 a.m. Monday, a Temecula police officer saw the suspect in the parking lot of a motel in Old Town, the sergeant said.
"He detained the suspect after a short foot pursuit and search of the area," McDonald said.
Rey was arrested at about 1:49 a.m. in the 41900 block of Moreno Road, sheriff's jail records indicated.
Rey was being held at Southwest Detention Center near Murrieta on suspicion of second-degree robbery, probation violation and escaping custody with force, records showed.
He was due in court Wednesday morning.
ORIGINAL POST:
A man allegedly robbed an in-store Temecula bank branch Sunday when he handed a teller a note, police said.
The robbery was reported at 4:10 p.m. Sunday at US Bank in the 29500 block of Rancho California Road, according to Temecula police Sgt. K. McDonald.
The branch is located inside the Vons store at 29530 Rancho California Road.
McDonald said the police investigation revealed a white male suspect allegedly approached a teller and handed them a note demanding money.
"The teller gave the suspect an undisclosed amount of money and the suspect then fled on foot from the business," McDonald said. "No weapon or suspect vehicle was seen."
The suspect was described as a white male about 18 to 25 years old who was approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a thin build and short, dirty blond hair. He was wearing a dark colored T-shirt and possibly blue jeans, according to police.
Anyone with further information about the alleged robbery or the suspect was encouraged to contact Investigator Fisher at the Temecula Police Department at 951-696-3000.
There is good in him, and there is hope for him. He just needs to realise it for himself. Which hopefully he will one day. I always saw potential in him; but for some reason he never saw it in himself. Maybe he never will.... Who knows. It's fuc*ing Matthew. Lmao
The security video of the Murrieta Super Target Robber shows him walking outside and inside the store, and then running fast inside the store and outside the store. He has a distinctive run and walk. He also has a distinctive tic or habit of circling his right leg several times while standing and waiting. This robbery occurred September 27, 2012. My opinion after careful viewing of robber crossing the threshold of the doorways and other indicators inside the store is the robber shown in the video is about 5 feet 8 to five feet 10 inches in height. The Murrieta Super Target Security Video is dated 9-27-2012 http://murrieta.patch.com/articles/police-seek-suspect-in-super-target-ipad-robbery#video-11663374 A Patch article with the video states the police were looking for a white man 20-25 years old and 5 feet 8 inches to 10 inches tall. http://murrieta.patch.com/articles/police-seek-suspect-in-super-target-ipad-robbery#c
My opinion from viewing the video many times and stopping frame by frame with the robber close to the doorframe and other markers is it NOT possible the robber is 6 feet 3 inches tall. Therefore it is not possible that Josh could be the robber despite an eyewitness photo identification. Maybe they should make a group of photos including Mathew and excluding Josh and see what the result is when shown to the witness. This article is an update Oct 15, with Josh’s booking picture and 218 comments http://murrieta.patch.com/articles/suspect-in-target-ipad-robbery-id-d?ncid=newsltuspatc00000001 Then the Patch wrote a new article about it October 23, 2012. It has 78 comments. On that date the police considered their investigation was not completed and they had not turned over the results of their investigation to the DA so Josh had not been charged by the DA.
I can tell you this young man has a long road ahead of him, as does his family and alot of pain, placing blame, ugly stuff, until it just gets down to either he goes off his way, or they are all able to help him "fix" it all. I pray he gets recovery as well as the family. He needs to remember that no matter what our children do we still love them, will always love them more each day, no matter what decisions they make in life.