2 ARMED ROBBERIES S.S.
2 ARMED ROBBERIES WERE REPORTED IN WATSONVILLE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
THE FIRST ROBBERY OCCURRED AROUND 4:45 P.M., IN THE 100 BLOCK OF WAGNER STREET, WHEN A 37 YEAR-OLD VICTIM SAID HISPANIC MEN APPROACHED HIM, REMOVED A HANDGUN FROM HIS WAISTBAND, AND DEMANDED THE VICTIM'S WALLET. WHEN THE VICTIM TRIED TO RUN AWAY A SECOND MAN GRABBED HIM. THE WALLET WAS FORCIBLY TAKEN, AND THE SUSPECTS FLED IN A DARK GRAY COMPACT CAR. THE SUSPECTS WERE DESCRIBED AS BEING ABOUT 20-22 YEARS-OLD, ABOUT 5 FEET 7 INCHES TALL, WITH BLACK HAIR AND BROWN EYES.
THE SECOND ARMED ROBBERY TOOK PLACE AT THE WONDER-HOSTESS THRIFT BAKERY ON HANGAR WAY AROUND 6:30 P.M. A 40-50 YEAR-OLD HISPANIC MAN (WEARING A RED SCARF OVER HIS NOSE AND MOUTH), REPORTEDLY PERPETRATED THAT CRIME.
ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION, ABOUT EITHER OF THESE ROBBERIES, IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE WATSONVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE FIRST ROBBERY OCCURRED AROUND 4:45 P.M., IN THE 100 BLOCK OF WAGNER STREET, WHEN A 37 YEAR-OLD VICTIM SAID HISPANIC MEN APPROACHED HIM, REMOVED A HANDGUN FROM HIS WAISTBAND, AND DEMANDED THE VICTIM'S WALLET. WHEN THE VICTIM TRIED TO RUN AWAY A SECOND MAN GRABBED HIM. THE WALLET WAS FORCIBLY TAKEN, AND THE SUSPECTS FLED IN A DARK GRAY COMPACT CAR. THE SUSPECTS WERE DESCRIBED AS BEING ABOUT 20-22 YEARS-OLD, ABOUT 5 FEET 7 INCHES TALL, WITH BLACK HAIR AND BROWN EYES.
THE SECOND ARMED ROBBERY TOOK PLACE AT THE WONDER-HOSTESS THRIFT BAKERY ON HANGAR WAY AROUND 6:30 P.M. A 40-50 YEAR-OLD HISPANIC MAN (WEARING A RED SCARF OVER HIS NOSE AND MOUTH), REPORTEDLY PERPETRATED THAT CRIME.
ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION, ABOUT EITHER OF THESE ROBBERIES, IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE WATSONVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
