To watch your back the next time you get some cash. Tonight. Police in Antioch say thieves are targeting people as they leave the bank or the ATM. As police investigate these alarming robberies. One victim is speaking out tonight about a scary encounter he and his wife had with the robbers, who followed them home and attacked them. NBC Bay Area's Pete Serratos has the story. A number of banks in Antioch are turning into hot spots for robberies, and it's now concerning to customers. I go to this bank all the time, so it's like, whoa, you kind of you kind of had to worry about yourself. Like you take out money, you know, you got to look around your shoulder. I feel sorry for a lot of people who are getting robbed. It can happen to me just as easy it is to them. Antioch police are warning about a dozen or so incidents involving people leaving banks, then being robbed, all in just the past few months. One of those incidents involves 80 year old Jim Nowak. On May 22nd. He went on a routine trip with his wife to the Chase Bank on Somerville Road. She cashed the check. They put it in the envelope for her and he got in the car and drove home. But when they pulled into their driveway, a group of suspects followed them home from the bank and parked across the street where they could not see them. And as his wife got out of the car, the suspects approached the vehicle. The two of them jumped out and one of them, my wife, was in the garage getting ready to go in the house and they grabbed her purse off her neck and then turned their attention to Jim, just laying back to get out of the car. They got hit me for something and I ended up in the street. So far, police have made two arrests in these cases. We reached out to Antioch PD but have yet to hear back. But police are warning residents to stay vigilant and take precautions when going to and from the bank. For Jim, he's still recovering from injuries to his ribs and the incident is forcing him to be more aware of his surroundings. Now we're more aware of everything that's going on. I mean, there's no more relaxed, you know? Now it's like, let's look and see wh
