Los Angeles police have tied two youths accused of robbing a comfort retailer in South Los Angeles to a string of robberies all through Los Angeles County.
On Saturday the LAPD obtained a name of an armed theft in progress at a comfort retailer close to the 3200 block of South Central Avenue. When officers arrived on scene, a witness pointed them to the suspects’ automobile fleeing the shop.
Officers tried in useless to cease the automobile, then pursued it, based on a police report. In the course of the pursuit, police allege, one of many occupants tossed a firearm out of the automobile, and it was recovered by officers.
When the pursuit ended, police detained each occupants of the automobile: Los Angeles resident Nathen Sanchez, 18, and a 12-year-old lady, whose identify was not launched.
Police say they recovered a big however undisclosed quantity of foreign money from the automobile, which had been reported stolen earlier that day in an armed carjacking in Hollenbeck.
The pair are additionally believed to be concerned in extra armed robberies in South Gate and Azusa and extra crimes within the Los Angeles space, police say. No particulars had been offered about these incidents or what led police to consider the 2 youths had been concerned in them.
Sanchez was arrested for theft, with bail set at $175,000. No info was launched concerning the disposition of the 12-year-old lady.
Detectives within the LAPD’s Newton Division are looking for any extra victims within the L.A. County space. Anybody with details about extra crimes is urged to contact Newton theft detectives at (323) 318-3559 throughout enterprise hours, or (877) 527-3247 throughout non-business hours or on weekends.
Anybody wishing to stay nameless can name Los Angeles Regional Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477 or go to www.lacrimestoppers.org. Tipsters might also obtain the P-3 Ideas” cell utility and choose Los Angeles Regional Crime Stoppers as their native program.