STOCKTON - A police officer was injured and a bank robbery suspect was arrested at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday after the BBVA Compass bank at 2287 W. March Lane was robbed, according to Stockton police.
A man entered the bank and demanded money from a teller, police said, although he did not display a weapon. He got away with an undisclosed amount of cash and fled on foot east on March Lane, police said.
A police officer spotted a man fitting the description of the robber about a block away from the bank and gave chase, tackling him, police said.
During the course of the arrest, police said, the officer's shoulder was injured. He was treated at a hospital and released, police said. The missing money was found on the suspect, according to police.
Matthew Joseph Monaco, 47, of San Bernardino, who had recently been released from prison and was being sought as a parolee at large, was arrested on suspicion on bank robbery, resisting arrest and parole violation.
A police mug shot of Monaco shows distinctive tattoos, including devil horns on his forehead, a devil on his throat and obscenities over each eye.
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