UPDATE: Alleged follow-home casino robber and counterfeiter awaiting charges

Charges have not been filed yet against a man who was arrested last week after allegedly following a Torrance woman home from a casino and robbing her, according to the authorities. Earnest Alexander, 41, of Hawthorne, is being held at the Men's Central Jail on a federal parole violation while several law enforcement agencies investigate him, said Torrance police Sgt. Bernard Anderson.

Federal prosecutors who had searched for Alexander for months in connection to a large-scale Lawndale-based counterfeit currency ring say they will wait to see how state officials handle the case before pursuing him the case against him in federal court. Another figure in that fake money case, Troy Stroud, was expected to be sentenced today. The sentencing, however, was postponed until Jan. 26, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Mack Jenkins.

Alexander was arrested Wednesday after leading police on a pursuit that ended when he crashed his vehicle in the Harbor Gateway. He is suspected of following a Torrance woman home from the Normandie Casino in Gardena and robbing her early that morning.

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