Sonoma Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested

SONOMA COUNTY, CA -- A Napa County man was arrested Friday as the suspect in a Sonoma bank robbery that occurred Tuesday, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office. Mohammad Juma Kharufeh, 38, of American Canyon, was booked into the main Sonoma County jail on suspicion of felony robbery and felony burglary in the heist at Rabobank on Maple Street.

The sheriff's office announced Kharufeh's arrest in a Facebook post Friday night that included a photo of him being handcuffed and a photo of a gray Subaru station wagon that appeared to match a surveillance image obtained by detectives of the bank robbery suspect's car.

Jail records Saturday showed Kharufeh was being held on $60,000 bail and was due in court at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Kharufeh turned himself in Friday at the Sonoma Police Station, The Press-Democrat reported.

In the robbery that occurred just after noon on Tuesday, a man who was wearing a mesh mask over his face entered the bank and demanded cash from a teller while simulating holding a gun, Sonoma sheriff's officials said. The man ran out of the bank after the teller gave the man an undisclosed amount of cash, officials said.

Tuesday afternoon, the sheriff's office shared surveillance images obtained from a nearby market that showed a man wearing the same clothes as the alleged robber, along with a Subaru station wagon believed to be the suspect's vehicle.

Photos via Sonoma County Sheriff's Office/Facebook