Modesto CA – Six Monterey County men are in Stanislaus County Jail after being arrested as they prepared to rob a Modesto bank on Friday afternoon, November 16. The suspects were armed and in the process of disguising themselves while sitting in a stolen car in the bank parking lot when detectives from Stanislaus County, the Modesto Police Department and Stanislaus County Auto Theft Task Force (StanCATT) took them into custody.
25-year-old Jesus Robledo of Salinas along with 27-year-old Enrique Lopez, 23-year-old Victor Bravo, 26-year-old Moises Garcia, 23-year-old Robert Zavala, and 19-year-old Cesar Lemus all of Soledad were arrested on attempted burglary and conspiracy charges.
Several of the arrested suspects have lengthy criminal histories including robbery, kidnapping, weapons and drug charges as well as evading and resisting police and being members of criminal street gangs.
The incident started at around 1:00 AM on Friday, November 16 when Deputy Kyle Christianson located a stolen Nissan Altima parked in an apartment complex near Celeste and Vera Cruz in Modesto. Deputy Christianson watched the vehicle throughout his shift as he got in touch with detectives from StanCATT, that then surveillenced the vehicle and requested assistance from the Sheriff’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU) to assist in the event the vehicle would go mobile. At 3:00 PM, on Friday, November 16, Sheriff’s SIU detectives requested assistance from Modesto Police detectives as they moved in to detain the suspects in the stolen Altima. Detectives found 2 assault rifles, 2 handguns, masks, gloves and a duffle bag inside the stolen car.
Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to contact Detective Brian Carter at 209-525-7075.
Several of the arrested suspects have lengthy criminal histories including robbery, kidnapping, weapons and drug charges as well as evading and resisting police and being members of criminal street gangs. Detectives from Riverbank Police Services are assisting Sheriff’s Department detectives in the investigation and trying to determine if these suspects may have been involved in two recent takeover robberies at the Wells Fargo bank in Riverbank. Detectives have also reached out to Turlock PD and other agencies who have had recent takeover robberies at banks.
As detectives were watching the vehicle, several suspects arrived in additional vehicles and were observed removing license plates and putting paper plates on the vehicles. Several men were seen loading items into the stolen Altima. Six men then got into four vehicles and drove towards McHenry Avenue with detectives following them. Once they arrived at the parking lot near McHenry and Leveland Lane, four of the men got into the stolen Altima and began putting on masks and disguising their identities. As this was happening, the other two men, one in a Honda Pilot and another in a Nissan Versa began driving back and forth on McHenry in front of the bank.
All 6 suspects were booked at the Public Safety Center for violation of 664/211 PC Attempted Robbery and 182(a)(1) PC Criminal Conspiracy. Robledo was additionally charged with 29800(a)(1) PC Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Bravo had an additional charge of 496(d) PC Possession of a Stolen Vehicle. The investigation continued into the evening and will be ongoing.
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