PASADENA — Police were investigating the possibility two early-morning robberies Friday were committed by the same suspects.
The first robbery took place about 12:30 a.m. at Vons, 155 California Blvd., Pasadena police Lt. Diego Torres said.
The robbers, described only as three black men wearing hooded sweat shirts, demanded money from a clerk as one of the men brandished a dark-colored, semi-automatic pistol, the lieutenant said. The robbers fled with about $300.
About ten minutes later, he said, a man and woman were walking in the at De Lacey Avenue and Dayton Street, about half a mile away, when they were approached by two black men in their 20s, one in a blue jacket and the other in a brown jacket.
One of the two men pulled a dark, semi-automatic pistol and robbed the man and women of their wallet and purse, respectively.
Police were looking into the possibility the same robbers were involved in both crimes, however a definitive link between the crimes had not been established.