Former Tulare, California bank manager arrested

The former bank manager in Tulare accused of taking money from customers was arrested this morning, the state Department of Justice said.Jeri Sell, 56, was taken into custody about 7 a.m. at her Tulare home. She was being held in the Tulare County Jail on $679,000 bail.She was arrested on suspicion of embezzlement, said Jim Finefrock, director of communications at the Department of Justice.Sell, took money from night deposits to support a gambling habit, according to a search warrant issued in May in which authorities searched her home and the bank.Sell was vice president and manager of Citizens Business Bank in Tulare.