Fast Arrests After CU Heist

Published April 07, 2005, 1:00 a.m. EDT

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Updated August 27, 2020, 2:31 a.m. EDT

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HAYWARD, Calif. - (04/07/05) -- Two suspects were captured Mondayafternoon within minutes after they allegedly held up SafeAmericaCU and made off with almost $20,000. The suspects, wearing skimasks and armed with semi-automatic handguns, leaped over theteller counter, grabbed the cash, then fled in a white Cadillacgetaway car. But they were captured a few blocks form the creditunion when they were spotted by police and ran from the car. Thesuspects were identified as Shawan Spragans, 29, and Antoine LeeEvans, 29.

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