FAIRFIELD (KRON)—Fairfield police arrested a man for trying to rob a bank Tuesday afternoon.
It happened at 12:40 p.m. at a bank on the 300 block of Dickson Hill Road.
The man came into the bank and told a employee he would like to make a withdrawl. He then opened his backpack and brandished a handgun.
The employee could not open the vault, so the suspect left.
Police arrived to the scene of the attempted robbery and two officers spotted a someone matching the suspect’s description.
The suspect was arrested for attempted robbery and a fake handgun was found inside his backpack.
Police have identified the suspect as Shahaub Tafreshinejad, 38, of Fairfield and was booked into the Solano County Jail.