HUNTINGTON BEACH : Suspect Arrested in Bank Robbery

A 43-year-old Huntington Beach resident was arrested Saturday afternoon on suspicion of robbery after a holdup of the Bank of America’s Beach Boulevard branch, police said. The robbery suspect, Louis G. Siggiani, was taken into custody after witnesses told police that they saw him drive a car matching the description of the robber’s getaway car, said Sgt. Bill Peterson. Peterson said that police were called to the bank at 11:40 a.m. after a robber handed a teller a note and then, holding a simulated handgun, fled with an undetermined amount of cash. The heavyset man, wearing a dark jacket and sporting a full beard, was seen by witnesses as he jumped into a mid-1980s brown Ford Thunderbird and sped away, Peterson. A short time later, officers who were combing the area looking for a suspect that matched the description of eyewitnesses were told that a brown Thunderbird had entered a garage on Sacramento Drive. The residential street is 1 1/2 miles from the bank, Peterson said. As officers approached the house, they spotted a man on the front porch, Peterson said. “This person had shaving cream on his face and a partially shaved beard,” Peterson said. “He had a close physical match to the suspect and was taken into custody.” Arresting officers also confiscated an unspecified amount of “cash, evidence and the vehicle,” Peterson said. Siggiani was being held in Huntington Beach Police jail on $50,000 bail, Peterson said.