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Pedro Police Caught Robbers Quickly
posted (May 22, 2018)
This weekend, San Pedro police were ready when robbers struck at Caribena Fuels Gas Station, at the corner of Blake Street and Sea Grape Drive. That's right around the corner from the Tropicana Restaurant where Lamont Lipka was killed one week earlier.

Around 7:15 two men approached the two gas station attendants with knives and stole their waist bags with a total of $1,900 in cash from the days sales.

But, police were on active patrol in the area and sprang into action. Two patrols were able to corner the culprits within minutes, and they got back the money bags and found the knives used. The men were taken into custody and on Sunday, police formally arrested and charged, Zimmer Joel Perez, Arrie Kareem Gentle and Jair Vincent Brown jointly for two counts of Robbery, while Zimmer Joel Perez was additionally charged for the crime of wounding.

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