2 held in alleged set-up bank robbery

(01-06) 09:57 PST SAN JOSE -- A bank employee and another man have been arrested for allegedly staging a bank robbery in San Jose, police said.

Jose Everardo Luna, a teller at the Bank of America at 565 W. Capitol Expressway, pretended to be robbed by Steven Anthony Davis at about 10:15 a.m. Dec. 28, said Officer Jose Garcia, a police spokesman.

Davis handed Luna a demand note, police said, and Luna turned over an undisclosed amount of cash.

Police investigated the case as an actual robbery until Bank of America security personnel determined that Luna had failed to follow certain procedures during holdups, police said without elaborating.

Luna, 21, of Morgan Hill was taken into custody that day, and Davis, 20, of Morgan Hill surrendered that evening with the money, Garcia said.

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