Newlywed Bandit suspects are arrested in Las Vegas
The young couple known as the Newlywed Bandits, suspected in five Los Angeles-area bank robberies in a recent three-week period, were arrested Sunday night in Las Vegas after a police chase, an FBI spokeswoman said.
Rayceana Racheal Rocha, 22, and Paul Harlen Meyercamp Jr., 26, are also believed by authorities to have recently robbed a pedestrian and carjacked a vehicle in Las Vegas, said FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller.
Las Vegas police spotted and pursued a car containing the two suspects.
Rocha, who was driving, crashed the vehicle and was taken into custody, Eimiller said. Meyercamp ran off but was captured after a brief chase. The two are being held in Las Vegas, Eimiller said.
Between Oct. 18 and Nov. 8, the couple allegedly robbed a Wells Fargo bank branch in La Habra, East West Bank branches in El Monte and Diamond Bar, a Bank of America in Duarte and a Downey Savings in Claremont, Eimiller said.
Rocha is a student at Rio Hondo Community College in Whittier, and Meyercamp is on parole for assault and burglary, Eimiller said.
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