MONTEBELLO >> Police on Thursday released video depicting a man in a clown mask robbing a woman at knifepoint in a Montebello parking garage in hopes of generating leads from the public.
The robbery unfolded just after 8:10 p.m. on Oct. 29 in the parking garage of an apartment complex at 1620 Neil Armstrong Street, Montebello police Detective Paul Antista said.
A woman parked her car and was walking through the garage when the robber, who wore a clown mask, approached, Sgt. Marc Marty said while narrating surveillance video footage of the crime.
“An unknown male who was lying in way inside the garage ran up to her from behind,” Marty said. “The suspect grabbed the victim with his left hand and brandished a small knife in his right hand up to her face.”
After demanding the woman’s belongings and threatening to kill her if she didn’t comply, the grabbed the woman’s laptop computer and began running away.
But when the woman yelled out to the man pleading with him not to steal her computer, he turned around and returned.
The masked robber once again put his knife up to the woman’s face and demanded more property, Antista said. He then fled with both her laptop and her purse. The victim was unhurt.
Police described the robber as a Latino man of about 20 years old, wearing a clown mask, a Dodger hat, a black sweatshirt and blue jeans.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Antista at 323-887-1200, ext. 249. Tips may also be submitted anonymously to L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.