A man allegedly robbed a woman in a bank parking lot Tuesday morningΒ in Hemet, and the suspect is accused of "violently pulling her hair" to get her to let go of her bag,Β a Hemet police lieutenant said in a statement.
The suspect then ran to an apartment complex on West Devonshire where he was eventually arrested, Hemet police Lt. Eric Dickson said.
The incident was unrelated to a standoff later Tuesday on West Kimball, Dickson said Tuesday night in a phone interview.
The alleged robbery was reported at 9:50 a.m. Jan. 21Β in the parking lot of a bank in the 2400 block of West Florida Avenue, Dickson said.
Witnesses toldΒ responding police "a suspect approached the victim in theΒ parking lot of the bank, pushed her to the ground, and began violently pulling her hair until she releasedΒ the bag she was clutching," Dickson said in a statement.
The victim was not seriously injured during the assault, according to Dickson.
The suspect ran and a witness chased him north on Kirby, and lost sight of him near the entrance of an apartment complex in the 2700 block of West Devonshire, Dickson said.
"As Hemet Police Officers began searching the apartment complex, one of the residents advisedΒ the officers that they had seen the suspect run into one of the apartments near the north east corner of theΒ complex," Dickson said.
Officers converged on the apartment and detained four people inside, includingΒ David Jackson, 33, ofΒ Hemet, whoΒ "was positively identified as the suspect and wasΒ arrested on suspicion of robbery," Dickson said.
Dickson saidΒ Jackson was being held on $25,000 bail. Jackson's nameΒ did not appear in county inmate records Tuesday night.
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