Authorities Friday were working to arrest suspects in a Brea bank robbery attempt who led police on a vehicle chase to Anaheim.
The chase led to the area of Gene Autry Way and Union Street late Friday morning, where multiple suspects got out of the vehicle and ran off, Anaheim police Sgt. Jon McClintock said.
Brea police called Anaheim officers at 9 a.m. asking for assistance with the bank robbery suspect pursuit, McClintock said. When they got to Gene Autry Way and Union Street, several suspects got out and fled into surrounding businesses and apartments.
Anaheim SWAT officers were leading the search for the suspects, McClintock said.
The crime occurred shortly before 9 a.m. at a Wells Fargo Bank branch in the 200 block of South State College Boulevard, according to the Brea Police Department.
The two suspects being sought may be linked to a May 4 Wells Fargo branch holdup at 2535 N. Tustin St., said FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller.
“It’s a similar M.O., similar to a robbery in Orange back in May,” Eimiller said. “They may be linked based on the M.O.”
Friday’s stickup in Brea was an attempted robbery, Eimiller said.