by The Editors on December 21, 2007
The Carlsbad Barrio’s El Torito Market at 3161 Roosevelt St. was robbed for a second time in three weeks at 8:14 Wednesday night December 19, 2007, according to a story on Sign On San Diego.
Two men, at least one with a handgun, held up the clerk, who handed them an undisclosed amount of cash taken from the register. . . When another clerk peered around the corner to see what was happening, the man fired a round from a .38-caliber handgun, Reno said. The shot missed the clerk and no one was injured. The robbers then fled on foot heading west.
On November 30, 2007 the market was robbed by two Latinos. This time it was by two African Americans in their 20s. As usual, the Carlsbad Police department would like any info related to this robbery. Call them at (760) 931-2115.
[Link: Sign On San Diego and North County Times]
by The Editors on December 13, 2007
A man police suspect of being the 101 bandit who they believe is responsible for at least one Carlsbad bank robbery on November 15 and 15 others since July may have been caught near Marysville, California yesterday.
Arthur Cheney, 64, of Napa was arrested at 4:20 p.m. after a California Highway Patrol officer saw him driving on Highway 70 in a 2002 Mercedes CL 500 with a paper license plate, CHP Sgt. Scott Klocker. A car matching that description has been linked to bank robberies from Palm Desert to the Bay Area, including San Jose and Palo Alto.
Apparently, when the CHP pulled him over and searched the car they found a “sticky note” with a handwritten message: ‘Robbery – 100s and 50s only.’ Officer Klocker joked, “We call that a clue.”
[Link: San Jose Mercury News]
by The Editors on December 7, 2007
[This item has been updated.] Slowly the story is becoming clearer: according to am article in the North County Times, the man who was stabbed last night (December 6, 2007) in Barrio Carlsbad was trying to find a house that had something for sale on ebay.com.
The incident occurred about 8:18 p.m. after the victim, who was described as a white Oceanside man is his early 30s, confronted a small group of Latino men he accused of throwing rocks at his car as he passed. After a short conversation with the suspects on the corner of Jefferson Street and Palm Avenue, he called police to report the vandalism. . . . While police were en route, another group of about four Latino men approached. One punched the man in the face then stabbed him multiple times with a four-inch blade before fleeing, (Lt. Kelly) Cain said.
The man is “expected to survive,” and police believe it was “gang related.”
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on December 5, 2007
When ever the County Sheriff bird comes flying in at night we know something must be up. Last night around 9 PM we heard it circling. Now we know it was the 7-Eleven at the corner of Oak and Carlsbad Blvd.
The robber walked into the store about 8:45 p.m., displayed a pistol and demanded money. He escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash. . . . He was described as a man of unknown race, possibly in his 20s, 5 feet 7 inches tall, 155 pounds, with a shaved head, wearing a mask and a tan jacket, Carlsbad police said.
We’re glad we weren’t in there getting a Slurpy refill.
[Link: Sign On San Diego]
by The Editors on December 4, 2007
We were making jokes earlier about Christmas consumption driving a rash of Carlsbad robberies, but this isn’t funny any longer. The Bank of America branch at the corner of Roosevelt and Carlsbad Village Drive was robbed yesterday (December 3) at about 2:30 PM. This is the same bank that was robbed on July 12 by a guy who looked like Elmer Fudd.
Police said the man gave the teller a demand note and showed a handgun in his waistband. The teller then gave the robber cash before he fled on foot, police said. . . .The thief was described as a white male, about 30 years old, with brown hair and a mustache. He was also described as about 5 feet 7 inches tall, wearing a blue jacket, a polo shirt, and blue jeans, police said.
And the bank robbery tote board (counting since May 07) moves to nine. This is the second Carlsbad B of A robbery in three days.
[Link: Sign On San Diego]
by The Editors on December 3, 2007
According to a story on NBCSandiego.com, a man walked into the Bank of America on Loker Avenue West Saturday morning December 1, “showed a handgun and asked for money from a teller.”
Police said the man left and got into the passenger’s side of a silver, four-door Nissan with covered license plates. . . The vehicle was last seen heading east on Palomar Airport Road.
Bank robbery: such a nice way to kick off a day of holiday shopping. It must make those difficult gift decisions so much easier.
[Link: NBCSandiego.com]
by The Editors on December 2, 2007
Two masked and armed Latino men robbed the El Torito Market at 3163 Roosevelt St. in Carlsbad at approximately 8:35 PM on Friday night December 1, according to a story on SignOnSanDiego.com.
One robber held a shotgun to the employee’s head and the second robber held a handgun to her ribs. They escaped with about $6,400 into an alley, where a witness heard screeching tires of their getaway car.
We think we’re starting to notice some kind of connection between Christmas and robberies. Is holiday consumption that important? Apparently, it is.
[Link: SignOnSanDiego.com]
by The Editors on November 30, 2007
According to a Barbara Henry story in the North County Times, the number of documented gang members in Carlsbad has doubled over the last year.
Carlsbad had 131 people listed as documented gang members by late November, up from last year’s figure of 51. However, much of that increase may be due to the city having recently hired an additional investigative officer assigned to track crimes that may involve gang members, [Lt. Kelly Cain] Cain said.
So this doesn’t mean there are more gang members. It means the Carlsbad Police are simply doing a better job with tagging documenting gang members. Yeah, we can see some kind of twisted logic there. Of course.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on November 29, 2007
by The Editors on November 28, 2007
Police are trying to track down a “white or Latino and in his late 50s, about 5 feet 8 to 5 feet 10 inches tall with a thin build and dark hair that is gray at the temples” for at least one bank robbery in Carlsbad (The Old Codger) and a string of 14 robberies around the county.
In yesterday’s robbery, the man entered the Pacific Trust Bank on Bernardo Center Drive off Interstate 15 Monday at 11:05 a.m. He did not use or simulate a weapon and made off with an undisclosed amount of money, police said.
We’re guessing once you start walking into banks and asking for money and get it, it might be kind of hard to stop. This guy doesn’t even wear a disguise. . . or is that the disguise? If you’ve seen him call police at (619) 531-2299, the FBI at (858) 5651255 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-TIPS.
[Link: San Diego Union Tribune]
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