LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A Napa County man alleged to be responsible for a series of bank robberies around the North Bay and Lake County has been arrested.

Novato Police arrested Joshua James Metoxen, 23, of American Canyon on Thursday just before 2 p.m., according to the Marin County Jail.

Metoxen was identified earlier this month as the suspect in two bank robberies in Middletown, one at Westamerica Bank on Feb. 27 and another on Tri Counties Bank on March 7, as Lake County News has reported.

A $750,000 warrant was issued for his arrest shortly after he was identified as the suspect, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.

Law enforcement officials also believed Metoxen may have been responsible for bank robberies in Mill Valley, Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park and Novato, where a suspect with a similar mode of operation – handing tellers notes demanding money but not showing a weapon – and similar physical appearance was reported.

Metoxen was booked into the Marin County Jail on Thursday night. At that point the Novato Police Department had not issued a statement about the circumstances of his arrest.

Additional details will be posted as they become available.

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