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Lodi bank robbery, Aug. 22, 2006

Photos by Jennifer M. Howell

  • Lodi police Detective Mike Kermgard gets ready to let Willie James Rogers up after being handcuffed. Rogers was one of two suspects in a robbery Tuesday at Guaranty Bank at Church and Locust streets in Lodi.
  • Willie James Rogers sits on the ground after being handcuffed Tuesday. Rogers was one of two suspects in a bank robbery of Guaranty Bank. Police said they found red dye from the bank's dye pack on Rogers' hands.
  • Willie James Rogers is escorted to a patrol car by Officer Chuck Fromm.
  • Lodi Traffic Services Officer Aleisa Nunes, who does not carry a gun and is not a sworn peace officer, gives her account of her part in the capture of two alleged bank robbers. Nunes was ticketing a car for being parked more than 90 minutes on North School Street when a man ran past her. The man spoke to her, then jumped into a vehicle. At that moment the call came across of a robbery at Guaranty Bank.
  • Lodi Police Department Crime Scene Investigator John Whistler and Cpl. Roger Butterfield look at the alleged getaway car from a robbery at Guaranty Bank.
  • Michael Bowen lies on the ground at an auto detailing business on Sacramento Street after being handcuffed by Officer Lance Hayden after Bowen and an accomplice allegedly robbed Guaranty Bank on Tuesday morning.
  • Michael Bowen lies on the ground at a auto detailing business on Sacramento Street while being handcuffed by Sgt. Lance Hayden.
  • Lodi Police Department Crime Scene Investigator John Whistler collects a $5 bill as evidence from the alleged getaway car in a robbery at Guaranty Bank.
  • Lodi police Officer Dale Eubanks asks the owners of an auto detailing business on Sacramento Street where a suspect of a robbery was caught Tuesday morning.
  • Michael Bowen is placed in a patrol car after being found at an auto detailing business on Sacramento Street. Bowen and an accomplice allegedly robbed the Guaranty Bank on Tuesday morning. The police officers are Lance Hayden, right, and Dale Eubanks.
  • Michael Bowen is searched by Officer Dale Eubanks before being placed in a patrol car Tuesday after being found at an auto detailing business on Sacramento Street. Bowen and an accomplice allegedly robbed Guaranty Bank on Tuesday morning and fled. Also pictured is Officer Lance Hayden.
  • Lodi police Officer Dale Eubanks goes through the items found in a suspect's pockets Tuesday morning after the suspect was placed in the patrol car. The items included a pencil, cell phones and a white towel with red dye. The suspect, Michael Bowen, allegedly robbed Guaranty Bank with another man.
  • Lodi police Detective Mike Kermgard pats down Willie James Rogers, who was found hiding behind a garbage bin north of the Salvation Army on Tuesday after he allegedly robbed Guaranty Bank.
  • Lodi police Sgt. Lance Hayden calls the incident clear as Detective Mike Kermgard handcuffs one of two suspects in a bank robbery Tuesday morning. Spike the police dog barks as handler Adam Lockie looks on.
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