Police from multiple jurisdictions descended on downtown Lafayette Tuesday following an attempted robbery in town and an earlier crime in Alamo.
Lafayette Elementary School was placed on lockdown as parents scurried to pickup children and dozens of police searched for two suspects they believed responsible for the crimes.
At about 1:01 PM, Contra Costa Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a robbery at a bank in the 3100 block of Danville Boulevard in Alamo. The suspect and vehicle descriptions were broadcast to area law enforcement agencies with Danville police able to identify a license plate associated with the suspect vehicle and initiating a search for it.
Lafayette police officers also began searching for the suspect vehicle in the downtown area and witnessed an
attempted robbery outside a bank on the 3600 block of Mt. Diablo Blvd. The suspect ran to a waiting vehicle, which fled toward Lafayette Circle. Lafayette police later located the unoccupied car parked on Lafayette Circle.
Police were able to detain two suspects, subsequently identified as Jarmaya Tillman, 23 of Antioch and Allen Foster, 20, near East Street and determine they were the suspects in the Lafayette attempted robbery and the Alamo robbery. A search of the suspect’s backpack found a replica Glock firearm.
Another (unnamed) police department in the area is investigating a similar incident just prior to the Alamo robbery, a sheriff’s office spokesman wrote.
Both Tillman and Allen were booked into the Martinez Detention Facility. Tillman is being held in lieu of $200,000 bail, while Foster’s bail is set at $150,000.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with any information on this incident is asked to contact the Investigation Division at (925) 313-2600. For any tips, email: tips@so.cccounty.us or call (866) 846-3592 to leave an anonymous voice message.
I certainly hope those felons were apprehended and will face a jury of their peers. And then spend three months in jail.
Firestone 11R
Throw the federal book at them. As with most violent crime this is by far the better option nowadays anyway! No discounts either. One must serve the full term!
So no bank robbery?
The police should issue their alerts through your Flash system. You’ve always handled alerts safely and fairly. I’m surprised they haven’t contacted you for this.