Two arrested in South Bay, Los Angeles robberies
Two men who live on the same Wilmington street were arrested Tuesday as suspects in a string of robberies in the South Bay and Los Angeles.
Daniel Guarisco, left, and Anthony Michael Lewis, both 19, were taken into custody at their houses just blocks apart on Gulf Avenue near Anaheim Street, police said.
Guarisco and Lewis are suspected of committing hold-ups of pedestrians and businesses on March 21, Hermosa Beach police Detective Mick Gaglia said.
Detectives distributed a surveillance video and still photographs taken during one crime to the news media last week. An anonymous tipster recognized the man as Guarisco and called Hermosa Beach police.
Hours before the arrest, Hermosa Beach police Detective Jon Sibbald contacted a victim from a Hermosa Beach crime. She positively identified him as the man who robbed her at gunpoint, Gaglia said.
When Guarisco was arrested, he admitted to police that he knew why the officers had come to his home, and said he had seen his photograph on the news, Gaglia said.
Daniel Guarisco, left, and Anthony Michael Lewis, both 19, were taken into custody at their houses just blocks apart on Gulf Avenue near Anaheim Street, police said.Guarisco and Lewis are suspected of committing hold-ups of pedestrians and businesses on March 21, Hermosa Beach police Detective Mick Gaglia said.
Detectives distributed a surveillance video and still photographs taken during one crime to the news media last week. An anonymous tipster recognized the man as Guarisco and called Hermosa Beach police.
Hours before the arrest, Hermosa Beach police Detective Jon Sibbald contacted a victim from a Hermosa Beach crime. She positively identified him as the man who robbed her at gunpoint, Gaglia said.
When Guarisco was arrested, he admitted to police that he knew why the officers had come to his home, and said he had seen his photograph on the news, Gaglia said.
Detectives recovered stolen property and a replica semi-automatic "Glock" style weapon that Lewis admitted was used during the robberies, Gaglia said.
The crimes began when the man walked into a liquor store in the 400 block of South Pacific Coast Highway in Redondo Beach and pulled a gun, police said Friday.
He demanded money, but failed to get any. He and a second robber drove away in a blue Dodge pickup truck, police said.
About 50 minutes later, the man held up two women walking at 34th Street and Palm Drive in Hermosa Beach. He pointed a gun at the women and took their money.
About 7:30 p.m., the same man robbed a market at gunpoint in the 1200 block of Bellevue Avenue in Los Angeles, and 40 minutes later robbed another market in the 3900 block of Figueroa Street in Highland Park.
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