Off-duty deputy helps nab robbery suspects in Hacienda Heights

This comes from reporter Jessica Donnelly:

HACIENDA HEIGHTS – Two women and a man were arrested Thursday night after an off-duty deputy witnessed the trio rob a woman of her purse, authorities said.
Rachel Rodriguez, 20, Melissa Diaz, 28, and Raymundo Sandoval, 19, were arrested on suspicion of strong-armed robbery, Lt. Victor Sotelo with the Industry sheriff’s station said.
A woman was in a parking lot with a cart full of groceries in the 2100 block of Hacienda Boulevard at 8:39 p.m. when Rodriguez approached her, Sotelo said.
Rodriguez pushed the cart into the victim and grabbed her purse, Sotelo said.
Rodriguez fled to a nearby vehicle driven by Diaz, Sotelo said.
Sandoval was a passenger inside the vehicle, deputies said.
An off-duty deputy from Pico Rivera sheriff’s station witnessed the robbery and began to follow the vehicle, Sotelo said.
The deputy contacted the Industry sheriff’s station and notified them of the incident and helped deputies locate the suspects, Sotelo said.
Deputies pulled the vehicle over on the westbound 60 Freeway at Azusa, Sotelo said.
The stolen property was recovered inside the car, and the woman identified the suspects as the three who took her purse, he said.

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