SAN PABLO — A 19-year-old Vallejo man and a 26-year-old San Francisco man had been arrested this week in reference to the gunpoint theft of a buyer exterior a jewellery retailer final month, authorities stated.
In an announcement Thursday, police stated officers responded at 4:19 p.m. March 3 to H Bee Jewellery Retailer at San Pablo Towne Heart mall for a report of an armed theft. After officers arrived and investigated, they realized that the client had been inside the shop and was carrying a $45,000 Rolex wristwatch.
The San Francisco resident, who was within the retailer, noticed the watch and known as the Vallejo man, who got here to the shop with one other individual. All three then confronted the watch proprietor with an AR-15-style gun exterior the shop, took the watch and fled earlier than officers’ arrival, police stated.
After weeks of assessing surveillance and different public digital camera footage by division detectives, county Protected Streets Job Power members served warrants at houses Wednesday morning at Rockwood Courtroom in Vallejo and within the 600 block of China Basin Road in San Francisco.
On the Vallejo tackle, officers arrested the 19-year-old man and recovered the gun believed to have been used within the theft, whereas different officers arrested the San Francisco resident, who was carrying the Rolex on his wrist, and recovered a Glock-23 firearm.
Each males had been booked into Martinez County jail on suspicion of theft and conspiracy. Neither was initially listed in custody, in response to a county information verify Thursday night.
Police stated their investigation into the theft stays energetic, and anybody with data could name the division’s investigations unit at 510-215-3150.
Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.