Hawthorne police seek victims of unreported crime
Police in Hawthorne want to hear from victims of an unreported robbery or assault believed to have occurred on Monday.
Officers said Wednesday that three men they arrested at 3:45 p.m. might have just committed a crime, but none was reported.
"Detectives are asking that anyone who may have witnessed, or been a victim of a street robbery in the area of 140th Street and Ramona Avenue around 3:30 p.m. on April 12, to please contact the Hawthorne Police Department," Hawthorne police Lt. Gary Tomatani said.
A Hawthorne police officer stopped the car when he saw it driving erratically, running stop signs without slowing.
Two of the car's four passengers were on probation, one for robbery and one for assault, and officers found a loaded handgun in the glove compartment. The driver and two of the three passengers were arrested. The fourth passenger, a juvenile, was released.
Officers believe the men are linked to an armed street robbery on April 8 at 142nd Street and Hawthorne Boulevard, Tomatani said. The victims were held at gunpoint and robbed of personal property.
The suspects' names and description of the car were not immediately released.
Officers said Wednesday that three men they arrested at 3:45 p.m. might have just committed a crime, but none was reported.
"Detectives are asking that anyone who may have witnessed, or been a victim of a street robbery in the area of 140th Street and Ramona Avenue around 3:30 p.m. on April 12, to please contact the Hawthorne Police Department," Hawthorne police Lt. Gary Tomatani said.
A Hawthorne police officer stopped the car when he saw it driving erratically, running stop signs without slowing.
Two of the car's four passengers were on probation, one for robbery and one for assault, and officers found a loaded handgun in the glove compartment. The driver and two of the three passengers were arrested. The fourth passenger, a juvenile, was released.
Officers believe the men are linked to an armed street robbery on April 8 at 142nd Street and Hawthorne Boulevard, Tomatani said. The victims were held at gunpoint and robbed of personal property.
The suspects' names and description of the car were not immediately released.
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