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obber had on fake sideburns and a fake mustache.10. Ashley stated that the robber walked to an open telleron the east side of the bank, where he saw the robber remove whatappeared to be a black handgun from his waistband and point it atthe teller. Ashley grabbed his daughter and left the bank. Onceoutside, he began to warn bystanders that a man with a gun wasinside. While outside the bank, Ashley observed the robber exitthe bank, walk past him and continue southwest.11. Ashley followed the robber and observed him get into awhite Toyota 4Runner that was parked behind a nearby Chevron GasStation. The robber drove the 4Runner toward Spring Road andthen made a right turn onto northbound Spring Road. Ashleyprovided descriptions of the robber and the 4Runner to DeputyRompal, who was the first deputy to arrive at the bank afterSheriff’s dispatch advised patrol units of the bank robbery.Deputy Rompal passed on the descriptions to be broadcast to otherlaw enforcement officers in the area.12. As detailed below in paragraph 21, Ashley lateridentified both SALINAS and the 4Runner in a field show-up.B. Pursuit of SALINAS13. At approximately 3:46 p.m. on January 22, 2008, almostimmediately after the robbery, VCSD Deputies Hawthorne and Heaveyreceived a radio broadcast relaying that an armed bank robberyhad occurred at Bank of America. The dispatch operator advisedthat the robber, described as a Hispanic male wearing an orangehat and a brown jacket, may have fled the scene in a mid-to-late‘90's white Toyota 4Runner. Deputies Hawthorne and Heavey set up4
a surveillance position to watch for the robber by parking theirpatrol vehicle against the right shoulder of the southbound 23Freeway on-ramp at Olsen Road. The position gave them anunobstructed view of all traffic traveling southbound on the 23Freeway.14. At approximately 3:52 p.m., two other VCSD Deputiesresponding to the broadcast, Deputies Jones and Duffield, advisedDeputies Hawthorne and Heavey that they were traveling northboun<strong>do</strong>n the 23 Freeway approaching Tierra Rejada Road, and that theyobserved the possible suspect vehicle traveling southbound on the23 Freeway approaching Olsen Road.15. At approximately 3:53 p.m., Deputies Hawthorne andHeavey observed a white older-model Toyota 4Runner, bearingCalifornia license plate No. 5KQG110, traveling southbound on the123 Freeway passing Olsen Road. They began to follow the vehicleand continued southbound towards Janss Road.16. The 4Runner exited the 23 Freeway at Janss Road andturned eastbound onto Janss Road from the freeway. DeputiesHawthorne and Heavey activated their car’s lights and sirens.The driver of the 4Runner did not pull over, but insteadreentered the 23 Freeway, now going northbound, via the on-rampat Janss Road.17. The 4Runner accelerated to approximately 60 to 65 milesper hour as it entered the northbound 23 Freeway. Deputies1I know from personal experience and familiarity with thearea that this location is approximately 4.5 miles south of thebank that was robbed.5
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