 Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor VINCENT - An armed man robbed two 7-Eleven convenience stores of cash in a one-hour period Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The suspect entered a 7-Eleven, 17020 Cypress St., around 11:45p.m. Wednesday and stole around $150 with the use of a black pistol grip shotgun, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s San Dimas Station. As deputies searched the area, Covina Police officers detained a man in a vehicle because he fit the suspect description. As the man was being detained, the San Dimas Station received a robbery alarm call at another 7-Eleven.
The same suspect in the first robbery struck the 7-Eleven at 15942 San Bernardino Rd. around 12:40 a.m. The suspect stole $200 and fled southbound on Irwindale Avenue on foot. The suspect is a Hispanic man, around 22 years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 170 to 180 pounds. He wore a black bandana across his face, a grey jacket and black pants.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor VINCENT - A green, hinged box wrapped in tape was completely benign, a Sheriff’s lieutenant said Thursday. The military-style box was found sitting next to a resident’s vehicle in the 16000 block of East Bridger Street in the unincorporated community of Vincent around 10:43 p.m. Initially, SGV CityWatch was told the Sheriff’s Arson/Explosives Detail was called to the scene. Arson/Explosives technicians were never called after all, according to Lt. Mark Skaggs of the San Dimas Sheriff’s Station. The box may have come from a nearby construction site.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor VINCENT - A worried resident found a green box with tape wrapped around it near his parked vehicle Wednesday night, prompting a response by bomb squad technicians. The Sheriff’s Arson Explosives/Detail was called to the 16000 block of East Bridger Street around 10:43 p.m. The item is a small, hinged, green box, according to Lt. Elisabeth Sachs of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s San Dimas Station. The box has a military look to it, Sachs said. San Dimas deputies are awaiting the arrival of Arson/Explosives technicians to examine the box. Near the scene is a construction site and it is unknown if the box is connected to the construction.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor VINCENT - Deputies are investigating an assault with a deadly weapon after a resident said a teenage suspect flashed a handgun at him Thursday afternoon. The incident was reported to deputies around 1:20 p.m. in the 16700 block of East Masline Street in Vincent, an unincorporated community near Covina February 7, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s San Dimas Station. Both suspects were last seen fleeing east on Masline Street to Lark Ellen Avenue.
One suspect is 16 to 18 years old with black hair and brown eyes. He weighs 180 pounds and wore a grey long-sleeve shirt and grey jeans. A second suspect, only described as teenaged, wore a grey long-sleeved shirt, tan cargo shorts and a blue beanie, deputies said. |
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