A 35-year-old man was recently arrested and booked into the Orange County Jail after he allegedly attempted to rob a Fountain Valley, California, bank. According to Patch.com, police arrested John Mclaughlin on April 22 after a witness called in the department's tip line. The witness told the police officers Mclaughlin had been acting suspiciously the moments before he allegedly attempted to rob the Fountain Valley Citibank. According to police reports, Mclaughlin entered the facility and handed the bank teller a note demanding cash. After the teller gave Mclaughlin money, he fled the scene by foot.

Police officers told the source Mclaughlin had been recently released from prison after spending time in jail for a 2010 robbery conviction. They believe to have recovered a portion of the cash that was stolen from the Citibank during his alleged heist. Fountain Valley police Sgt. Ted Valle told the source that following his arrest, police charged Mclaughlin with robbery, possession of methamphetamine as well as a parole violation.

There has been no reports of any court date set for the parolee, nor whether he has been able to post bail.

Southern California man pleads guilty to robbery charges
Unfortunately, bank robberies take place across the country every single day. A Southern California man recently pleaded guilty on April 22 in federal court for robbing two banks in St. George, Utah, as well as San Fernando Valley, California, last year. According to The Spectrum, 42-year-old James McKibbin recently signed a plea agreement acknowledging that he robbed a Chase Bank in Los Angeles County as well as a Utah-based financial institution in early October 2012.

McKibbin allegedly handed bank tellers at both institutions notes letting them know that he was armed, and asking for cash that wasn't attached to dye packs. The note also stated that McKibbin was willing to kill the bank tellers if they weren't compliant with his requests. Not only does McKibbin face a possible 20-year sentence for each of the robbery charges, his plea agreement included a recommendation that he serve at least seven years in federal prison for his crimes.

This wasn't the first time McKibbin has been in trouble with the law; he was arrested in 2005 on bank robbery charges after he was identified as the suspect in four Orange County incidents. The robberies earned him the nickname "the cuatro bandit." After he was arrested on those charges, he served more than five years in federal prison and was in the process of completing his probation for the charges at the time of his arrest for the recent robberies.