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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Cops: Man planned to rob Edwards bank

Illegal immigrant, found with stolen guns, did not admit to scheme, police say

Francisco Javier Herrera Ochoa
Francisco Javier Herrera OchoaENLARGE
Francisco Javier Herrera Ochoa
Eagle County Sheriff's Office
EAGLE-VAIL, Colorado — An illegal immigrant was arrested after a text message saying the man was planning to rob an Edwards bank was sent to a teller, Sgt. Greg Daly of the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office said.

Francisco Javier Herrera Ochoa, of Eagle-Vail, stole two pistols from an Eagle-Vail home where he was working construction, Daly said.

Someone — Daly declined to say who — sent a text message to a bank teller saying that Ochoa planned to rob the bank.

Deputy Leonard Valdez found Ochoa at the Eagle-Vail home. Valdez found a .22 caliber pistol in a holster in the waist band of Ochoa’s pants during a search, Daly said.

“As far as we’re concerned, we foiled a bank robbery,” said Daly, who declined to name the bank.

A 9 millimeter handgun, which Ochoa also had stolen from the Eagle-Vail home, was found in Ochoa’s home, Daly said.

Ochoa, originally from Mexico, did not say whether he had planned to rob the bank during an interview at a Sheriff’s Office station in Edwards, Daly said.

Ochoa was arrested on suspicion of two counts of theft and one count of unlawfully carrying a concealed weapon and was being held in Eagle County jail Wednesday, authorities said.



Staff Writer Steve Lynn can be reached at 748-2931 or slynn@vaildaily.com.


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