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POMONA -- Police arrested a serial bank robbery suspect Friday after a heist at a Garey Avenue bank, authorities said.
Michael Williams, 56, was booked on suspicion of bank robbery, according to Pomona police and county booking records. He posted $100,000 bail and was released from jail about three hours after his 12:40 a.m. arrest.
He's also suspected in an October bank robbery in Ontario, and a September robbery at a bank branch in Chino, police and FBI officials said.
Pomona police responded to a report of a robbery about 11:45 a.m. at the Citizens Business Bank, 1095 N. Garey Ave., Pomona police Sgt. Duane Leonard said in a written statement. Witnesses provided a description of the suspect and his car.
Pomona police detectives happened to be in the area when employees reported a man had just robbed the bank by passing a note demanding cash, Leonard said.
"Within minutes, a suspect and vehicle matching the description was located in the area of Garey and Orange Grove (avenues)," he said.
After pulling over the 1989 Buick LeSabre and detaining the driver, Williams, and a passenger, "The stolen loot was found on the front seat of the vehicle along with the demand note."
Williams was identified as the "primary suspect" and arrested, Leonard said. Police did not identify the passenger.
"Representatives of the FBI responded to assist with the investigation and indicated that this suspect had committed bank robberies in other jurisdictions," Leonard said. "He was labeled 'The Know It All Bandit.'"
He's suspected in a an Oct. 8 robbery at the U.S. Bank, 333. N. Euclid Ave. in Ontario, as well as a Sept. 14 robbery at the Bank of America, 12747 Central Ave. in Chino, according to the FBI.
It was not clear Saturday how the serial bandit earned the moniker.
The case has been turned over to the FBI for prosecution.

*Bank surveillance photo courtesy of the FBI

From our counterparts at the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin:

CHINO -- A 67-year-old woman died after her car became submerged on a flooded street in south Chino Saturday night.
Pasadena resident Joan Ja Oden drove her car around 8:35 p.m. past the barriers on Euclid Avenue near Route 71, according to written statement from the San Bernardino County Coroner's Office. Euclid was closed because of flooding.
Oden's car was submerged, according to the release. She was taken to Chino Valley Medical Center after bystanders got her out of her car.
She died from her injuries at 4:20 a.m., according to the release.
The California Highway Patrol is investigating the incident. Coroner's investigators will conduct an autopsy later this week to determine the exact cause of death.

From the Associated Press:

CHINO -- Authorities say a man who was hit in the head with a golf ball at a Southern California country club has died.
The San Bernardino County coroner's office said on its website Sunday that 69-year-old Hiroshi Tango of Brea died at a hospital Saturday.
On Oct. 7, Tango was playing golf at Los Serranos Country Club in Chino when he was hit in the head by a ball.
The coroner says he complained of head and neck pain after he was hit and he was taken to Loma Linda University Medical Center, where he "succumbed to his injuries" on Saturday, nine days after he was struck by the stray ball.

CHINO HILLS -- A 19-year-old man has been killed after he was run over by two vehicles following a fight in Chino Hills.
Authorities say Raymond Jimenez died at a hospital early Saturday after witnesses say a van and a sedan hit him. San Bernardino sheriff's deputies had responded to the area because they received a report of people fighting in the street.
No arrests have been made.

Two men have been charged with murder in the death of a bystander who was accidentally shot by police during a shootout at a pizza parlor. The Associated Press reports:

SAN BERNARDINO-- Two men have been charged with murder for a shootout with Chino police that left one man dead in a pizza restaurant.
Joel Jaquez and Edward Cisneros were each charged Friday with 14 felonies in San
Bernardino County Superior Court.
Both suspects were allegedly trying to rob a Papa John's restaurant on Feb. 1 when they got in a shootout with police. An officer mistakenly shot and killed a bystander, 23-year-old Daniel Balandran. The two suspects and a police officer also suffered gunshot wounds.
Arraignment for the two 27-year-olds has not been scheduled. Cisneros remains in custody and Jaquez is hospitalized in jail.

Police attempting to stop a robbery get involved in a shootout that left one man dead. The suspected robbers have San Gabriel Valley ties according to this story, which ran in Tuesday's Daily Bulletin:

CHINO - An innocent bystander on Sunday was killed during a shootout involving police and two men who had attempted to rob a restaurant.

A Chino police officer and two suspects in the robbery were also hospitalized following the incident.

Police said Daniel Baledran, 21, of Rubidoux was shot to death by a police officer during the shootout near the Papa John's restaurant on 12615 Central Avenue.

Baledran was in the immediate area of the restaurant when the shots were fired and was considered an "innocent victim," said Michelle Van Der Linden, Chino public information officer.

Police officers initially thought Baledran was part of the robbery, but investigators later determined he was not.

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On Monday evening, the suspects - Edward Cisneros of La Mirada and Joel Anthony Jaquez of Hacienda Heights, both about 28 years old - were in critical condition and awaiting surgery, Van Der Linden said.