A man who recently tried to rob a San Jose bank by handing the teller a handwritten note demanding money was arrested within an hour, authorities said.
Ryan Gress, 41, was arrested Feb. 3 during a traffic stop in South San Jose on suspicion of trying to rob a bank in the 3000 block of Meridian Avenue, the San Jose Police Department said.
Officers responded to the area on reports of an attempted bank robbery at about 1:15 p.m., police said. The tipster reported that a man entered the bank and handed an employee a handwritten note demanding money, police said. But the suspect was unsuccessful and fled in an unknown direction before officers arrived, they said…