The Napa Police have apprehended three individuals in conjunction with events that involved an attempted robbery in Contra Costa County and a subsequent theft at a Napa Wells Fargo Bank. According to a press release from the City of Napa, after locating a vehicle connected to the Lafayette Police Department's attempted robbery case on Monday near the intersection of Solano Avenue and W. Lincoln Avenue, officers performed a high-risk vehicle stop, detaining Jefferson Cadena-Barragan, Rogelber Vargas-Hernandez, and Kevin Cuestas Vargas.
While the officers handled the vehicle stop, they received a tip about a heist at 3255 Jefferson Street's Wells Fargo Bank, and it was just moments later officers linked the detained trio to the Wells Fargo incident. They fitted the suspect descriptions and actions here to match the approach used in the Lafayette case. The 68-year-old victim, who had recently made a significant cash withdrawal, was cleverly distracted by the suspects. They nabbed the cash from his car and then beat a hasty retreat from the parking lot scene, which is now believed to be part of a pattern constituting both theft and elder abuse.
All three suspects were then arrested and charged with grand theft, elder abuse, and conspiracy. No physical harm came upon the elderly victim, as reported. The stolen money was recovered and returned to its rightful owner.
