LOS ANGELES – Handfuls of cash were hurled into the streets as police chased suspects in a bank robbery Tuesday.

One person was arrested after a pursuit through two counties at speeds topping 100 mph, Los Angeles police said.

Costa Mesa police Sgt. Bryan Glass said three masked gunmen held up a Downey Savings branch, fled in a getaway car and then switched to another vehicle.

The second car led police on a chase along freeways from Orange County into Los Angeles County.

In Los Angeles, the chase moved from freeways onto streets as someone in the car threw at least three wads of money out a car window.

The car eventually crashed into a palm tree, and the four men inside ran off.

Los Angeles police said one man was arrested there as officers searched for other suspects.

Police did not immediately say whether any money was found in the car, and there was no word on what happened to the currency thrown out during the chase.

Man charged with theft of women’s undergarments

COLFAX, Wash. – A man is facing a sentence of one-and-a-half months after admitting he stole 93 pounds of women’s undergarments.

Garth Flaherty, 24, was charged with first-degree theft and burglary in the stealing of 1,613 pairs of panties, bras and other women’s underwear from laundry rooms.

Under an agreement with prosecutors, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced Friday in Whitman County Superior Court to 45 days in jail. He may serve 30 days of his term in community service, court officials said.

Flaherty was arrested March 24 after police received a report of a man hanging out in an apartment complex laundry room.

In his bedroom, police said, they found enough women’s underwear to fill five garbage bags.

Police had previously received 12 reports of panty thefts in the northeast part of Pullman, where Washington State University is located.