A woman who’s suspected of robbing two Vancouver banks, and a man who may have been her accomplice, were arrested Friday afternoon near Salem.
Tammy Lynn Hall, 42, was taken to jail on a warrant charging she robbed a bank in Clackamas, Ore. on April 30, and for allegedly possessing heroin, according to a bulletin from the Oregon State Police.
Her companion, Shaun Parke Williams, 41, was jailed on suspicion of attempting to elude police, reckless driving, recklessly endangering another person and possessing heroin, the bulletin said.
Both suspects were being held in the Marion County, Ore., jail.
On Thursday, the FBI had identified Hall as the suspect in the May 3 robbery of First Independent Bank, 1408 S.E. 164th Ave.; the May 7 robbery of US Bank, 6407 N.E. 117th Ave., and a May 10 robbery at Bank of the West in Milwaukie, Ore.
In each robbery, a woman resembling Hall entered the bank, demanded cash and then left. No weapon was seen during any of the heists.
About noon Friday, police said, a man and woman robbed a Chase Bank branch in Eugene, Ore. Police were told they’d escaped in a white Nissan with California license plates.
Later, an OSP trooper spotted the vehicle headed north on Interstate 5 near Albany, Ore. Troopers tried to pull it over but the driver, identified as Williams, sped away. The subsequent pursuit topped out at 111 mph, according to police.
Police said the driver avoided a spike strip Salem police tried to place in his path. But about two miles later he came to an area where troopers and Salem officers were waiting with more spike strips, the bulletin said.
Other motorists, seeing the police, had slowed and the driver stopped on the left shoulder.
Blocking northbound traffic, officers confronted the pair at gunpoint and took them into custody.
Hall is believed to be from California; Williams’ last known address was Cottage Grove, Ore., the bulletin said.
