LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Two men arrested last week for an attempted Marin County bank robbery, and who are suspected of being responsible for a series of other bank robberies around the region, were in court this week.

Joshua James Metoxen, 23, of American Canyon and Jack Henry Dennis, 20, of Napa were in Marin County Superior Court on Tuesday, according to Marin County District Attorney Edward Berberian.

Berberian told Lake County News that Metoxen and Dennis are scheduled to return to court on Tuesday, April 9, at which time they’re expected to enter pleas.

Dennis is being held at the Marin County Jail on $500,000 bail, while Metoxen’s bail is at $1 million, Berberian said.

Metoxen and Dennis were arrested by Novato Police on Thursday, March 28, after attempting to rob a US Bank that Metoxen is alleged to have robbed in February.

Metoxen is the suspect in two Middletown bank robberies, Westamerica Bank on Feb. 27 and another on Tri Counties Bank on March 7, as well as a series of bank robberies in Mill Valley, Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park and Novato, as Lake County News has reported.

Berberian said Metoxen and Dennis are charged with robbery and attempted robbery. “We have them charged with the bank robbery that occurred in Marin County,” he said.

It’s still not clear how the prosecution of the men will be handled, considering they are alleged to have committed crimes across multiple jurisdictions.

Berberian said he couldn’t make any statement about the other cases against the two around the region.

Lake County Chief Deputy District Attorney Richard Hinchcliff said the Lake County District Attorney’s Office has not been contacted by any outside agencies or the Federal Bureau of Investigation about how the prosecutions will proceed.

“Unfortunately for us, he got caught in another county,” said Hinchcliff.

He added, “They get first shot at him.”

A Novato Police official had suggested to Lake County News in an interview last week that Metoxen and Dennis could have their cases bundled together and prosecuted in one jurisdiction, which Hinchcliff said would make sense, as it would save time and be less expensive than having them sent to different courts around the region.

If that happened, an agreement would be reached for all of the district attorneys of the jurisdictions involved, he said.

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