By Chelsea Phua
cphua@sacbee.com
Sacramento County Sheriff's deputies arrested two men - a 29-year-old and a 36-year-old - accused of robbing a bank and leading authorities on a high-speed chase Tuesday afternoon.
Department spokesman Sgt. Tim Curran said a Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District arson investigator was inside a River City bank on Howe Avenue shortly before 5 p.m. when he saw the two men run out and take off in a light blue Chevrolet pick-up truck.
The arson investigator reported the possible robbery at 4:49 p.m.
About a minute later, deputies spotted the truck at Bell Street and Hurley Way, where the pursuit ensued.
The suspects led deputies onto westbound Interstate 80 before getting off at the Norwood Avenue exit.
Curran said the truck drove into several residents' back yards before it "became disabled somehow" at Dry Creek and Neal roads in the Robla area.
The 36-year-old man tried to flee on foot, but was quickly captured by a Sacramento Police Department K9 unit and sheriff's deputies. He struggled with the officers and the dog and was bitten by the dog. Paramedics treated his injuries at the scene.
Curran said deputies recovered at least on handgun from the men and one of them had a large sum of cash in his pockets.
The suspects are facing an array of charges, including robbery, evading and resisting arrest, Curran said.
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