Arrests Made in Rancho Santa Fe Bank Robbery

San Diego FBI Special Agent in Charge Keith Slotter announces the arrest of Oscar Omar Maldonado, age 20, and Luis Cueva, age 32, as a result of the investigation into the robbery of the Bank of America, 17008 Avenida De Acacias, Rancho Santa Fe, California, on Friday, October 8, 2010. 

On Friday, October, 8, 2010, at approximately 12:00 p.m. an unknown male robbed the Bank of America, located at 17008 Avenida De Acacias, Rancho Santa Fe, California, using a demand note. Shortly, following the bank robbery, Oscar Omar Maldonado was taken into custody by San Diego Sheriff’s Deputies. Additional investigation led to the arrest of Cueva as a participant in this robbery. 

Maldonado has been booked into the Vista County Detention Center on charges of robbing the following banks:

1. Bank of America, 17008 Avenida De Acacias, Rancho Santa Fe, California, on October 8, 2010.
   
   
2.  Wells Fargo Bank, located inside of the Albertsons grocery store, 151 Woodland Parkway, San Marcos, California, on September 30, 2010.
   
   
3. U.S. Bank, 671 Rancho Santa Fe Road, San Marcos, California, on September 25, 2010.

Investigators are seeking the public’s assistance to provide any information concerning the above robberies along with the June 7, 2010, robbery of the Wells Fargo Bank, located inside of the Vons grocery store, 931 Lomas Santa Fe, Solana Beach, California.

Both men are currently being held at the Vista County Detention Center and expected to be arraigned at the North Division Court, 325 South Melrose Drive, Vista, California, on Wednesday, October 13, 2010.

If anyone has information concerning the above robberies they are asked to contact the FBI at telephone number (858) 565-1255. This case is being prosecuted by the San Diego District Attorney’s Office.

An arrest itself is not evidence that the defendant committed crimes charged. The defendant is presumed innocent until the government meets its burden in court of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.