Jim Overstreet arrived at the Safeway and interviewed the Wells Fargo employees, including Mendez and Deguzman. Soon after the incident, San Jose detectives Mark Pineda, John Atkinson and detective Sgt.
In most heists, suspects wear masks or disguises and make off with just a few thousand dollars. The San Jose Police Department’s robbery unit investigates about 1,100 robberies each year. Vu placed the cash into a paper bag and walked away.Īuthorities generally don’t disclose dollar amounts in bank robberies, but in this case they confirmed Vu walked off with a six-figure amount.
Vu then walked Mendez inside the bank and demanded that Mendez and Deguzman open the safe. This is what happened, police said: Disguised only by a baseball cap and sunglasses, Vu met Mendez outside the grocery store about 9:30 a.m. Hammond declined to say how long Deguzman and Mendez worked at the bank, citing the ongoing investigation. “Our plan is to support authorities to prosecute to the fullest extent the law allows.” “At Wells Fargo, we don’t tolerate unethical behavior,” Hammond said. Wells Fargo spokesman Chris Hammond said there was no customer loss in the robbery.
