From Chelsea Phua:
Sacramento County authorities on Friday arrested two men suspected of robbing a bank in the Gold River area.
The first suspect, Jason Brown, 27, was arrested after a citizen waved down a Sacramento County Sheriff's deputy who was driving through a shopping center about 11:50 a.m., authorities said. The citizen told the deputy that a bank at 11200 Gold Express Drive was being robbed.
As the deputy approached the bank, she saw one of the suspects leave the bank and get into an awaiting car. A pursuit ensued and ended at a dead end on Buckeye Hill Court. Brown was arrested there while the other suspect, Timothy Morris, 38, fled, authorities said.
Agencies, including the Rancho Cordova Police Department, the California Highway Patrol and the Sacramento Police Department, which provided helicopter assistance, joined the search for Morris, authorities said.
At about 12:10 p.m., a sheriff's deputy and his canine partner tracked Morris to a home in the 11400 block of Tunnel Hill Way in Gold River (an earlier report listed an incorrect address). Authorities said Morris had entered the home and threatened the owner, but did not harm the person. When he spotted deputies, Morris attempted to flee, authorities said, but was taken in custody outside the home.
Investigators recovered money and other items of evidence taken in the bank robbery. The men face possible charges of robbery, burglary and false imprisonment, authorities said.
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