Jan. 07--The FBI says Shane Nevarez had one question when he was arrested after a bank robbery in North Riverside.
"Did I leave behind my fingerprints or was my face showing on camera?" Nevarez asked, according to a federal complaint.
Actually, it was his driver's license that helped lead authorities to Nevarez, the complaint states. He left it in the pocket of a jacket he tossed as he ran from the Chase Bank branch at 1730 S. Harlem Ave. in North Riverside Tuesday afternoon, according to the complaint.
Police went to the address on the license, which was less than two blocks from the bank, and persuaded a relative to call Nevarez, who agreed to surrender at the North Riverside police station, the complaint states.
Nevarez, 23, was charged with one count of bank robbery and was being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center until a hearing Friday morning.
Nevarez is accused of walking into the bank around 2 p.m. Tuesday and yelling, "This is not a joke" and "Give me the money," the complaint states.
A teller handed over $1,000 but Nevarez screamed, "What the f---, this is not enough," the FBI said.
He approached another teller, demanded money and began "yelling that he would start shooting people'' if the second teller did not give him money, the complaint states. The teller gave him $1,000 and Nevarez went back to the first teller, who gave him another $1,000, the complaint said.
Tellers gave police a description of the robber: a Hispanic man about 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10, wearing tan boots, dark jeans, a black cap, black coat and red underwear, the complaint said.
A witness told officers they'd seen the robber jump over the fence at his home. Officers looked in the backyard and spotted a black baseball hat and a jacket that matched the surveillance photos, and found Nevarez's driver's license in a jacket pocket.
Police then saw Nevarez enter a white Lincoln car and leave the scene, but witnesses jotted down the license. North Riverside police went to the home and spoke to a relative who agreed to call Nevarez and tell him police wanted to speak with him, the complaint states.
Nevarez met police at North Riverside police headquarters about 6 p.m. Tuesday and refused an interview. But when he was told he was under arrest, he asked officers about his fingerprints and the bank cameras.
Nevarez was wearing black losing-fitting jeans, red underwear and tan boots, the FBI said.
