The plane, which already had departed San Francisco, returned for a bomb search. Mendoza, who allegedly admitted to making the bomb scare call, was taken into federal custody in St. Louis pending a hearing Monday. He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of making a false report of a terrorist act. It was on the back of a report from a prior arrest. On the other side was an arrest report from Dec. 15, when Brown was charged with opposing an officer.
Police say the robber never showed the teller any explosives or weapons.
Bank employees called police, and Brown was arrested shortly after, about two blocks away.