NORTH COAST, Calif. – On Thursday, two men – one of them from Lake County – made their first court appearance for a bank robbery and shooting earlier this week, with authorities on the same day saying one or both likely were responsible for other violent crimes around the state, including a June 2015 homicide.

Ivan Morales, 23, of Lakeport and Sergey Gutsu, 24, of Antelope were arraigned on Thursday afternoon in Sonoma County Superior Court, according to Deputy District Attorney Chris Honigsberg.

Authorities say the men were responsible for the Tuesday armed robbery of Windsor's Chase Bank and the shooting of a Loomis armored vehicle guard.

They were captured near Calistoga following a pursuit with a police officer and a manhunt involving numerous law enforcement agencies, as Lake County News has reported.

Both are being held in the Sonoma County Jail in Santa Rosa without bail, according to booking records.

Honigsberg said it was Morales who shot a the armored vehicle guard with a rifle during the robbery.

The guard survived and while authorities have been in contact with his family, on Thursday Honigsberg said he did not have a specific update on the man's condition.

Morales is charged with attempted murder with a firearm and two counts of robbery, one each for the two armored vehicle guards present, Honigsberg said. Each of those three charges also carries a special enhancement of personal use of a firearm causing great bodily injury.

Honigsberg said Gutsu also is charged with attempted murder and two counts of robbery, as well as a special enhancement on each of the charges for possession of a handgun during a crime.

As for reports that the men were driving a vehicle that they had stolen during a carjacking, Honigsberg said they're not facing any such charges in Sonoma County.

On Thursday, Honigsberg couldn't yet say what the connection was between the men, explaining that the investigation is still under way.

Honigsberg said Morales and Gutsu are due to return to court on July 29.

A search of Lake County Superior Court records revealed no criminal cases against Morales.

Additionally, Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff's Office told Lake County News that the agency has not had any contacts with him.

However, on Thursday evening, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office released new details about the men that have come to light during their investigation into the bank robbery and shooting.

Sgt. Cecile Focha said the agency's detectives have developed information that Gutsu and Morales were likely involved in other crimes in Southern California.

“Although we cannot divulge specific details of the investigations, we are confident that one or both are responsible for an armored car robbery in Granada Hills and a robbery/homicide in San Dimas,” Focha said.

Focha said the armored car robbery took place in Granada Hills this past March 29, while the robbery and homicide occurred in San Dimas on June 2, 2015.

In the case of the armored car robbery, a masked male subject wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and jeans robbed a Brinks armored truck making a delivery at a CVS store, based on media reports.

The robber reportedly demanded money and the guard's gun before fleeing the scene.

The robbery and homicide in San Dimas claimed the life of 62-year-old Pravin Patel.

Patel, the owner of a Quiznos restaurant, was robbed at gunpoint that afternoon by a man wearing dark clothing and carrying a semiautomatic handgun, according to media reports.

After getting a bag of cash from Patel, the robber left the store. Patel followed him, they struggled in the parking lot and Patel was shot, dying later that night.

The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors later approved a $20,000 reward leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer.

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