Recently, a robbery crew of young men is suspected of robbing five 7-11 stores at gunpoint over a 24-hour period.
According to reports, the robberies started on April 18th at about 1 am and ended that evening at 11 pm. Each robbery was more or less the same: the suspects arrived at the location(s) in a blue stolen Hyundai. Three suspects would then enter the store while the fourth remained outside as a lookout. Security cameras from some of the stores showed the suspects waving around a blue steel handgun with an extended clip while ransacking the cash register.
Police located the suspects and initiated a pursuit just before 10pm that evening. Police chased the suspects to downtown Los Angeles, where three were eventually arrested after the vehicle was stopped. A fourth suspect fled on foot and remains at large.
The arrestees included a 20-year-old adult, and two teens aged 15 and 17. The identity of the fourth suspect, and their age, is currently unknown.
The 7-11 locations that were robbed include: one on the 1200 block of Washington Blvd. in Los Angeles (2:45 am), 1500 block of Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles (3:05 am), 200 block of Rosemead Ave., Pasadena (4:43 am), 12900 block of Bess Ave., Baldwin Park (5:09 am), 3500 block of W Temple St, Los Angeles (8:46 pm).
Robbery is covered under California Penal Code 211 PC and is described as: the felonious taking of personal property in the possession of another, against his will, using force or fear to do so. The crime is divided into two parts: first-degree and second-degree. First-degree robbery involves the robbery of any driver or passenger on a bus, taxi, streetcar, etc., anyone in an inhabited structure, anyone who has just used an ATM or is in the vicinity of an ATM.
Second-degree robbery involves any other type of robbery that does not constitute first-degree robbery.
The punishments for first-degree robbery include felony probation, 3 to 6 years in California state prison, and/or a fine of up to $10,000. However, since a gun was used, it’s possible that the suspects will face an additional 10 years in prison on top of their sentence for the robberies.
