Man arrested after allegedly robbing Escondido bank

An Escondido Police cruiser File photo courtesy Escondido Police Department A man who allegedly robbed an Escondido bank on Wednesday was arrested a short time later during a traffic stop near the scene of the crime leaders reported A masked man who appeared to be in his s or s handed a demand note to a teller at the US Bank branch office in the block of East Valley Parkway at about a m Wednesday according to the Escondido Police Department The thief claimed to have a gun though no bystanders saw one Sgt Robert Craig noted After the clerk handed over about in cash the bandit left the bank and drove off in a Prius the sergeant revealed At about a m an officer spotted the van in the area of East Grand Ave and Harding St about a mile west of the bank and stopped the driver After identifying the man as the suspected robber officers took him into custody Craig revealed The arrestee s identity was not straightaway available