Police arrested a potential bank robber in West San Jose Saturday morning and called the bomb threat on site to check for a suspicious device the robber had left behind, police said.
At approximately 9:35 a.m., agents at the Chase Bank branch located in the 1700 block of Saratoga Avenue, near Westgate and El Paseo de Saratoga shopping centers, responded to reports of an ongoing robbery, police said.
Witnesses reported on social media that the robber was armed, but the police did not immediately confirm that it was an armed robbery.
A suspect was taken into custody on the spot and no injuries were reported, police said.
The SJPD’s bomb threat responded to the scene to investigate a suspicious device the suspect had left on the couch, police said. The bank was safely evacuated and the device was later secured.
The bank is located in one of the busiest areas of the city, with the two major shopping centers and several popular restaurants at the intersection of three main thoroughfares: Saratoga Avenue, Lawrence Expressway and Prospect Road / Campbell Avenue.