4 GANG MEMBERS SUSPECTED IN VALLEY-AREA ROBBERIES.Byline: Jason Kandel Staff Writer NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Four documented gang members were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of two takeover-style robberies at liquor stores in the northeast San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , police said Thursday. The suspects are believed to have robbed Fiesta Liquor at gunpoint in the 7200 block of Vineland Avenue on Tuesday, police said. They also are believed to have robbed Circus Liquors in the 13000 block of Foothill Boulevard The following streets are named Foothill Boulevard:
2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Detective Jim Gerardi of the North Hollywood robbery division. On Wednesday, officers in the Foothill Division spotted a blue 1980 two-door Cadillac that fit the description of the car used in the robberies, police said. After a brief pursuit, police arrested the four suspects near San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the and North Hollywood Way without incident. Police believe they were involved in up to 15 recent robberies across the Valley, Gerardi said. Officers arrested Kendell Chaka Broughton, 24, of Van Nuys; Jeremy Brandon Gant, 21, of North Hollywood; Pomare Tommy Stevenson Tommy Stevenson (1914 - October 1944) was a jazz trumpet player in the big band era. He was the first high note trumpeter to be featured on recordings. Nicknamed "Steve", Tommy joined Jimmie Lunceford's band in 1933, and recordings from that time feature him hitting notes , 19, of Los Angeles; and Jason Leonard Gray, 18, of Palmdale. Officials said each was charged Thursday in Van Nuys Superior Court with two counts of felony second-degree robbery and being held at the Los Angeles County Jail in lieu of bail. Bail was set at $120,000 for Gant and Gray, $100,000 for Broughton, and $70,000 for Stevenson. |
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