Youth confesses to attempted bank robbery in Sebastopol

A youth has turned himself in to Sebastopol police and confessed to trying to rob the town’s Wells Fargo Bank on Halloween.

The youth, whose identity wasn’t released because he is a juvenile, appeared Wednesday at the police department. In an interview with investigators, “He made statements that only the person who committed this crime could know,” police said in a press release.

Officers Wednesday arrested the youth for attempted bank robbery and booked him into the Sonoma County Juvenile Detention Facility.

About 5 p.m. Monday a youth walked into the bank branch on Bodega Avenue. A photo released by police shows him wearing a fake nose, sunglasses, large beanie cap and oversized blazer.

The youth demanded that a clerk give him $50 and $100 bills. When the clerk refused, the youth walked out.