By Harry Harris
San Jose Mercury News
OAKLAND, Calif. — A 35-year-old man learned the hard way Friday morning that you should not try to rob a bank that’s next to a police station.
The suspect was captured inside a bank at the Eastmont Town Center shopping complex just two minutes after a teller activated an alarm, with a note demanding money still in his hand.
Police said the man, whose name was not immediately released, went into the Bank of America branch at 6900 Bancroft Avenue about 10:15 a.m.
He gave a demand note to a teller, who activated a silent alarm at 10:18 a.m.
The suspect was not given any money and was still inside the bank when officers
Gino Guerrero and Cesar Garcia, who had just left the nearby Eastmont police station, rushed in and arrested him.
The man was not armed and he was taken to police headquarters for questioning.
Police said the suspect is on probation for a drug conviction.
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