Suspect charged in Hermosa Beach lingerie store robbery
Hermosa Beach police said today that a man suspected of holding up Sassy's lingerie store on Feb. 3 is in custody.Jessie Peter Vallez Jr., 50, of Wilmington was arrested in Burbank on Feb. 3. He has been tied to the crime in Hermosa Beach, and is suspected in about 16 other crimes, police said.
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In the Sassy crime at 801 Pacific Coast Highway, Vallez allegedly picked out some merchandise, pulled a gun on an employee, ordered her to the ground and stole money from the cash register and purse.
Police said he has a history of crime dating to the 1970s.
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