Three jailed in connection with Pomona takeover robbery
POMONA -- Police jailed three men Thursday following a broad-daylight takeover-style robbery of a Postal Annex store, authorities said.
Jon Hagen, 29, Jonah Arnold, 18, and Marco Afolayan, 18, were booked on suspicion of armed robbery, Pomona police Officer Steve Prentice said in a written statement.
Police responded to a report about 1 p.m. that three men used a shotgun rob a Postal Annex, 3262 N. Garey Ave., according to the statement.
"Store employees and customers were held at gunpoint by the suspects, and an undisclosed amount of cash was taken along with other property," Prentice said.
Officers found the fleeing suspects' Dodge Durango within blocks of the business, he said.
The suspects then led police on a high-speed chase on the 210 Freeway, Prentice said, during which they threw a shotgun from the SUV.
The pursuit ended in a residential neighborhood in Rialto, where the alleged robbers abandoned their car and ran, the officer said.
One was captured immediately, he added, while the other two were found hiding in the area with the help of a helicopter and police dogs.
According to sheriff's booking records, Hagen, Arnold and Afolayan were being held in lieu of $100,000 bail each and are due for arraignment in Pomona Superior Court Monday.
Jon Hagen, 29, Jonah Arnold, 18, and Marco Afolayan, 18, were booked on suspicion of armed robbery, Pomona police Officer Steve Prentice said in a written statement.
Police responded to a report about 1 p.m. that three men used a shotgun rob a Postal Annex, 3262 N. Garey Ave., according to the statement.
"Store employees and customers were held at gunpoint by the suspects, and an undisclosed amount of cash was taken along with other property," Prentice said.
Officers found the fleeing suspects' Dodge Durango within blocks of the business, he said.
The suspects then led police on a high-speed chase on the 210 Freeway, Prentice said, during which they threw a shotgun from the SUV.
The pursuit ended in a residential neighborhood in Rialto, where the alleged robbers abandoned their car and ran, the officer said.
One was captured immediately, he added, while the other two were found hiding in the area with the help of a helicopter and police dogs.
According to sheriff's booking records, Hagen, Arnold and Afolayan were being held in lieu of $100,000 bail each and are due for arraignment in Pomona Superior Court Monday.
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Please no crying about "poor unemployed victims of hard economic times", world economy,
race, or politics; this is about crackhead,ex-con, parolee punks going back where they belong, miracle no one killed. Great Police work.
Please no crying about "poor unemployed victims of hard economic times", world economy,
race, or politics; this is about crackhead,ex-con, parolee punks going back where they belong, miracle no killed. Great Police work.
I read this article in horror, wondering how something like this could have happened here in Pomona, without it making national news, then I realised you are talking about America, not Australia. The world is right again.