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Police arrested two men Tuesday suspected of an Alamo bank robbery and an attempted robbery outside a Lafayette bank.
At about 2 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 17), Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office deputies were sent to the 3100 block of Danville Boulevard in unincorporated Alamo to investigate a report of a bank robbery.
A description of the robbers and their vehicle were broadcast to other law enforcement agencies in the area and soon Danville police were able to get a license plate number which they also shared. Lafayette police then saw an apparent attempted robbery outside a bank on the 3600 block of Mt. Diablo Boulevard, according to the sheriff’s office.
The suspect ran to a waiting vehicle, which fled toward Lafayette Circle, where officers found it unoccupied and parked. Lafayette police detained two suspects near East Street and searched a backpack, in which they found a replica Glock pistol, sheriff’s officials said.
Another police department in the area is investigating a similar incident just prior to the Alamo robbery, according to the sheriff’s office
The suspects, 23-year-old Jarmaya Tillman and 20-year-old Allen Foster, were booked into the Contra Costa County Jail on suspicion of robbery, attempted robbery and conspiracy, according to sheriff’s officials.
Tillman’s bail is set at $200,000, while Foster’s is $150,000.
Anyone with information can contact the sheriff’s office Investigation Division at 925-313-2600. Tips can be sent to tips@so.cccounty.us or anonymously called in to 866-846-3592.
