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"A man armed with a propane torch and liquid fuel tried to rob a bank at Northridge Mall in Salinas on Thursday, police said.\u00A0William Jones, 49, walked into a Bank of America at 2:43 p.m. wielding a pressurized bottle filled with flammable liquid and a propane torch,\u00A0officer Sheldon Bryan said.\"(Jones) sprayed fire around the bank three to four times, sending patrons running out of the building,\" Bryan said. Jones ignited flames that grew to about four feet high, police said.Others who were inside the bank decided to chase Jones, and the would-be robber fled before he could steal any cash, Bryan said.\u00A0Jones jumped into a blue Ford Ranger and fled eastbound on Boronda Road, police said.\u00A0\"Officers spotted the truck at Natividad and Arcadia and as they started a high-risk stop, Jones took off, leading officers on a high-speed pursuit that concluded at Virginia Roca Barton School,\" Bryan said. \"Jones ran, and the foot chase ended after Jones jumped into a drainage ditch that was full of water.\"Four police officers tackled Jones and a long struggle ensued until Jones was shot twice with a Taser.\u00A0Once Jones was in custody, detectives said their investigation revealed that Jones may be responsible for as many as five armed robberies in Salinas that happened between Dec. 15-27.\u00A0Jones was booked into the Monterey County Jail on numerous felony charges, including armed robbery and evading law enforcement.\u00A0The attempted bank robbery and high-speed chase resulted in one person being injured. A disabled girl in a wheelchair was injured when her father tried to whisk her out of the bank and the bank's doors closed on her hand."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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