Man Used Employee Key To Break Into Pasadena Bank: Police

PASADENA, CA — A man suspected of getting inside a closed Citibank branch in Pasadena Wednesday evening using a bank employee's keys was in custody.

Police received a call just after 7:30 p.m. from Citibank's corporate office about a man seen on their security cameras in the branch at California Boulevard and Pasadena Avenue after-hours, rummaging through employees desks, according to Lt. Marie Sell of the Pasadena Police Department.

Officers responded to the scene and saw the man inside the bank, who then ran into a neighborhood south of the location, where officers gave chase, but lost sight of him, Sell said.

A search of the area was initiated and officers found the man about 45 minutes later with the bank keys in his pocket, Sell said.

The suspect also had the ID and credit cards that belonged to a bank employee in his pockets and detectives believe he broke into the employee's car in Arcadia two hours earlier and somehow determined the keys could be used at the Pasadena branch, Sell said.

Because it was after hours and the money in the bank was secured, it was unclear if the man stole anything, Sell said.

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