DEPUTIES ARREST ROBBERY SUSPECT.

Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer

A suspect was arrested Tuesday minutes after a home-invasion robbery in which a man pointed a gun at the head of a woman as she begged him not to shoot, deputies said.

Deputies said the woman tried to hide in a bathroom when two men broke down the door to her 11th Street East apartment about 1:50 a.m., officials said.

``One suspect finds her,'' said Deputy Marty Shearer. ``He points a gun at her and says `Give me the money.' ''

The woman begged him not to shoot, and told him her purse was hidden under the covers on her bed, Shearer said. The intruders took the money inside the woman's purse, then searched through kitchen cabinets before leaving, he said.

The woman was not harmed, deputies said.

After a team of deputies arrived at the woman's apartment and broadcast a description of the intruders, another team of deputies spotted a possible suspect driving west on Avenue R from Sierra Highway, less than a mile away.

Deputies stopped the vehicle and arrested Jay Miller, 34, of Palmdale, on suspicion of robbery. He was being held Tuesday at the Lancaster sheriff's station in lieu of $50,000 bail.