SAN MARCOS: Man robbed outside Taco Bell
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SAN MARCOS ---- A couple was robbed of cash and a stereo while eating in a car outside a Taco Bell restaurant Wednesday night, sheriff's Lt. Anthony Ray said.
The alleged robbery was reported to sheriff's deputies at 10:53 p.m. in a parking lot at 1240 East Mission Road, Ray said. The man and woman told deputies they were eating in their car when a man with a black bandana over his face approached the driver, showed a revolver and demanded money and the victim's stereo, Ray said.
The driver gave the man an undisclosed amount of cash and a stereo, Ray said, and the suspect and an alleged accomplice then fled on foot.
The victims told deputies the two men had walked by their car five minutes before the alleged robbery then returned with the gun, Ray said.
The suspects were described as Latino men, 18 to 20 years old, wearing dark hooded sweatshirts and dark pants, Ray said. One was described as short and heavyset, while the other was tall and slim, he said.
No further details were available.
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chatter wrote on Jul 24, 2008 11:49 AM:Thrusday or last night or was it a week ago?
ALF wrote on Jul 24, 2008 2:50 PM:Well, it said wed. night and today is thursday....hmmmm???
RE chatter wrote on Jul 24, 2008 3:27 PM:Probably all of the above.
chatter wrote on Jul 24, 2008 9:21 PM:it said thursday earlier :P
Horchata wrote on Jul 24, 2008 10:51 PM:Isn't this second in a day or someone has been held up? The other morning I saw three sheriff's pulling people over for traffic violations at the same time...what do you think about using those resources to do something a litttle more productive? How about they put down their radar runs and act like police and protect the community?
click wrote on Jul 25, 2008 12:54 AM:The residents in the neighborhood have a very well organized neighborhood watch program. Many of them have cameras monitoring their property. Bet that these people will be caught in a blink of an eye.
It happened all wrote on Jul 25, 2008 6:04 AM:three nights, what can I say, people out of work need to pay bills too.
Bet the Robbers... wrote on Jul 25, 2008 9:11 AM:Ran for the Border!!!! HAHA!
Hortcha wrote on Jul 25, 2008 12:04 PM:you have got to be kidding me.....I guess we should only hire cops with ESP so they can be at the crime scene before it happens !! With all the budget cuts that are going on, there are less cops on the road as it is. I guess some people expect them to clone themselves and be everywhere at the same time.
To Bet the Robber... wrote on Jul 25, 2008 1:16 PM:Your comment made me laugh. Best comment all day!!!
hmmm wrote on Jul 26, 2008 7:41 AM:the description of the suspects is always the same!
To Bet the Robbers.... wrote on Jul 27, 2008 4:56 PM:HAHA! What a funny line! It is true in SOOOO many ways!! If you know what I mean.....
Guess that...... wrote on Jul 27, 2008 4:57 PM:it's not just dangerous to eat Taco Bell!!!!
Greg in Oceanside wrote on Jul 28, 2008 2:19 PM:More Latino suspects, committing a 'novel' approach to robbery. I think I've heard this kind of thing on many occassions, patrons of a taco shop robbed by Latino suspects.
I wonder if they're going to address this disturbing trend at the Latino Roundtable the NCT is conducting?
didnt work with me wrote on Aug 5, 2008 1:06 AM:i was walking to my truck at the stater bros in vista when i notice some one trying to get in my truck. once he saw me he tried to scare me with a gun. being scared im not gonna lie i played it off. i laughed and said come on guy. as he was gonna raise the gun towards me i just snaped and rushed him and started beeting the crap out of him. lucky for him i got tired and he ran into that empty lot and i got my breath and was on my way. one day thell come across someone who will unload a 9mm in there brain.
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