Antioch Man Arrested For Two San Leandro Bank Robberies

An Antioch man was arrested by the San Leandro Police Department in connection to two recent San Leandro bank robberies.

The incident occurred at 9 AM on January 14 where Daniel Hodges, 38, of Antioch, is suspected of robbing a Bank of America in San Leandro . According to police, he demanded money and the bank staff cooperated and fled with the money in an unknown direction.

Within hours after release of a photo, police located Hodges and arrested him in San Francisco.

Here is information via the San Leandro Police Department.

Two Bank Robberies Cleared with an Arrest

SUSPECT(S): Daniel Hodges, 38 year old male who was known to reside in Antioch.

We are happy to announce that we have made an arrest on a suspect we feel is responsible for two of our recent bank robberies. Multiple agencies were involved in this investigation and it would not have been possible without their cooperation and hard work.

On 01/08/14, we distributed a press release covering a bank robbery that occurred at Bank of the West in San Leandro. Immediately following that robbery members of our investigative teams started generating leads and following them up. We obtained a lead that the suspect in the incident may be in a particular area of San Francisco. Our investigators went to San Francisco and started conducting surveillance on the area. Within hours they located the suspect and arrested him.

Lt. Randall Brandt stated, “We recently identified a spike in bank robberies and we knew we needed to shift some of our resources to address them. Our investigators were able to reveal key leads that lead to his capture without incident.”

MEDIA UPDATES WILL BE MADE AS INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE

Please contact the San Leandro Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division with any information regarding this case at 510-577-3230 or contact the Anonymous Tip Line at 510-577-3278.

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