A man suspected of robbing a bank at gunpoint in Lake Forest earlier this year was arrested by members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
Edward Eugene Redd, 49, of Lake Forest, was taken into custody early Friday morning in connection with a bank robbery at a Chase Bank near Portola Parkway and Bake Parkway on October 17.
The masked suspect in that crime entered the bank armed with a handgun and headed directly toward a teller. He then reached over the counter and fired a round from his gun toward the bank teller’s feet, deputies said.
He fled the scene with more than $30,000 cash and avoided capture by authorities.
At the time of the robbery, investigators recovered several items on a nearby trail that they believed to be linked to the crime. They were able to connect that evidence to Redd using “investigative techniques and DNA technology,” officials said.
Around 4 a.m. Friday, sheriff’s deputies and a SWAT team apprehended Redd at his home without incident.
He was booked into Orange County Jail to await charges of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly firing a gun during the crime.