Crime & Safety
Windsor Armed Vehicle Robbery Suspects Are Named
Sonoma County Sheriff's deputies have identified two men arrested on suspicion of shooting an armed guard while robbing an armored vehicle.
WINDSOR - Sonoma County Sheriff's deputies have identified two men arrested on suspicion of shooting an armed guard while robbing an armored vehicle at a Chase Bank Tuesday and confirmed that one of them also allegedly fired at police.
Serge Gutsu, a 24-year-old resident of Antelope, was arrested after a pursuit during which he allegedly fired at an officer with the Calistoga Police Department. Gutsu was injured when the vehicle he was in was rammed by Calistoga police, and had to be transported to a hospital after his arrest.
Ivan Morales, a 23-year-old resident of Lakeport, was arrested later Tuesday evening - hiding in a brushy culvert. He was not injured, deputies said.
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The robbery was first reported around 1:50 p.m. in the area of the Lakewood Shopping Center at 9018 Brooks Road S. in Windsor, according to Sonoma County sheriff's spokeswoman Sgt. Cecile Focha.
Witnesses told responding deputies that an SUV pulled up behind an armored car parked outside of a Chase bank, two masked men got out and shot one of the guards with a long gun. The suspects fled with an undisclosed amount of cash, Focha said.
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Deputies were on scene within two minutes.
The guard was conscious when he was rushed to a hospital, Focha said.
The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office alerted surrounding law enforcement agencies to the suspect's description and heard a short time later that Calistoga police had spotted the suspects, Focha said.
Focha said the Sonoma sheriff's helicopter and deputies from the SWAT team responded to assist in the manhunt for the robbery suspects.
The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office is responsible for investigating the armed robbery in Windsor. The Napa County Sheriff's Office is assuming the investigation in Calistoga, Sonoma County deputies said.
The FBI is also assisting in the investigation, Focha said.
Information about the current condition of the guard who was shot will not be disclosed, according to deputies, because that would violate his rights as a patient.
-Bay City News, image via Sonoma Sheriff
