Murrieta Police Arrest Serial Bank Robbery Suspect

An alert Border Patrol agent is credited with spotting a serial bank robbery suspect at the Walmart in Murrieta.

The suspect was detained without incident. Riverside Sheriff’s Detectives and Murrieta PD Detectives responded to the Walmart and arrested the suspect, Alfred Durosca. He was booked into the Southwest Jail.

Durosca is accused of the following robberies:

• On 3/19/2015 at 1000 hours, the Murrieta Police Department investigated a Bank Robbery at the Visterra Credit Union, 25040 Hancock Avenue. The suspect fled the area with an undisclosed amount of cash prior to officers arriving on scene.
• On 3/23/2015, the same suspect committed a robbery at the America West Bank in Temecula.
• On 3/27/2015 the Compass Bank in Canyon Lake was robbed. An alert throughout Southwest Riverside County was broadcast to all law enforcement agencies. The suspect in the Canyon Lake case was believed to be the same suspect in the Temecula and Murrieta cases.