Police descended upon a local neighborhood Friday afternoon after a Roseville bank-robbery suspect led authorities on a 40-mile pursuit to Davis.
The incident began with a robbery at the Wells Fargo Bank on Douglas Boulevard, the Roseville Police Department announced on its Facebook page. The suspect fled the scene by car, triggering a pursuit that continued onto Interstate 80, at which time the California Highway Patrol took over the chase.
The pursuit made its way westbound into Yolo County and diverted north on Highway 113 to Covell Boulevard, where the suspect exited the freeway and continued the evasion on city streets.
Deputy Police Chief Paul Doroshov said the suspect eventually abandoned his vehicle in the Alvarado Avenue area and fled on foot, prompting local police to set up a perimeter in that neighborhood. Officers searched the area on the ground while a CHP helicopter circled overhead.
Roseville police announced at about 1:40 p.m. that the suspect had been taken into custody, the arrest occurring in the Fountain Circle Townhomes complex, according to Doroshov. Roseville police did not release the man’s name “due to the fact that this is an going investigation” but said he faces robbery and felony evading charges.