PHOTOS: Help Gardena police find the 'Pay Day Robbers'
Detectives are trying to identify three robbers who held up check cashing businesses in Gardena and Carson.In the crimes, the robbers pointed guns at clerks, ordered employees and customers to lie on the floor, vaulted counters and took cash from the drawers.
Robbers also have taken customers' and employees' wallets and cellular telephones.
"They are in and out pretty quick," Gardena police Detective Michael Ross said.
Surveillance cameras took photographs of some of the robbers as they committed the crimes. Investigators hope someone can provide them with names.
"The main suspect has a very distinct scar on his left cheek," Ross said.
Crimes occurred Jan. 16 at Advance America, 114. W. Carson St. in Carson; Jan. 28 at Payday Advance, 20771 S. Avalon Blvd., in Carson; and Feb. 7 at Payday Advance, 2249 Rosecrans Ave. in Gardena.In one of the Carson crimes, a robber grabbed a victim by the hair, Ross said.
Witnesses have seen two getaway cars, a white Nissan Maxima with a rear wing, and a gold-colored Buick with chrome wheels and damage to the driver's door.
Here's the wanted flier:
Paydayrobbers.pdf
Anyone with information is asked to call Ross at 310-217-9635.
1 Comments
Leave a comment
About the Blogger
Larry Altman has covered crime in the South Bay since 1990. He's seen it all - the missing model who turned up dead in the desert, the wives found dead in trunks, the high-school coaches who get a little too close to their players. He drives his young colleagues nuts with his "I remember when" stories. He welcomes your tips and observations about the present, and you can mix in a little Lakers basketball talk if you like.
E-mail Larry at larry.altman@dailybreeze.com.
Twitter updates from Larry Altman
ADVERTISEMENT
|
|
About the Blogger
Denise Nix knew as young as grade school, when she spent every summer working on the camp newspaper, that she wanted to be a journalist. Denise has spent most of the last 12 years of her career in the courtroom. She joined the Daily Breeze in 2001, where she tracks and reports on hundreds of cases at every level of the justice system. And she's never, ever, seen a judge use a gavel.
E-mail Denise at denise.nix@dailybreeze.com.
Twitter updates from Denise Nix
ADVERTISEMENT
|
|
All the police have to do is put a reward of $5,000 dollars for these punks, believe me, their best friends will turn them in for money!!
Big Mo
East Side Torrance