Authorities in Marin County arrested a man suspected of bank robberies Tuesday, the Central Marin Police Authority said.  

Just before 10 a.m., police received a report of a robbery at the Wells Fargo Bank at the Bon Air center in Greenbrae. While investigating that robbery, another report came in regarding a robbery at the Bank of America in Corte Madera.  

In both instances, the suspect presented a demand note and led the victims to believe he had a firearm, according to police.  

Based on descriptions of the suspect, police believed both crimes were carried out by the same person. Witnesses provided what police said was a vague description of the getaway vehicle as it fled. Using license plate readers, the suspected vehicle was identified and its information was broadcast to all law enforcement agencies in the county.  

In the town of Kentfield, an officer from the Ross Police Department saw the vehicle on Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and notified more agencies, including the Central Marin, Ross, and Marin Community College District police departments as well as the Marin County Sheriff’s Office.  

Officers with the community college were the arresting agency that took the suspect into custody, according to jail records.  

Booked into jail on suspicion of attempted robbery and burglary was San Rafael resident William Horton, 61. Horton is being held on $50,000 bail and as of Tuesday evening he was still in custody.  

Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.