GUNMEN SNATCH CASH, JEWELRY.Byline: CAROL ROCK Staff Writer VALENCIA -- Two gunmen held up a Valencia jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. store Thursday afternoon, escaping with jewelry and an undisclosed amount of cash. The Prince of Jewelers owner and his son were alone in the store when the two men came in about 3:20 p.m., posing as shoppers before they smashed a display case, grabbing the jewelry and demanding money. ``No one else was in the store,'' said Sgt. Ron Shaffer of the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. sheriff's station. ``No one was hurt.'' Deputies briefly surrounded a guest room at the Best Western Inn on Wayne Mills Wayne Mills CGC, a Corporal in the British Army, was the first recipient of the new Conspicuous Gallantry Cross, second only to the Victoria Cross. While serving with the 1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) on UN Service in Bosnia on 29 April 1994, Road, where a car resembling the robbers' getaway vehicle was parked, but the car belonged to a family vacationing in the area. A discarded dis·card v. dis·card·ed, dis·card·ing, dis·cards v.tr. 1. To throw away; reject. 2. a. To throw out (a playing card) from one's hand. b. ring holder lay in the center of the floor in front of the broken display case as deputies and detectives worked with a fingerprint fingerprint, an impression of the underside of the end of a finger or thumb, used for identification because the arrangement of ridges in any fingerprint is thought to be unique and permanent with each person (no two persons having the same prints have ever been technician dusting the long glass counters. Stacie Henrich, a server from the nearby Elephant Bar, approached deputies at the shop and shook her head in disbelief. ``Is he OK?'' she asked, gesturing to the owner inside. ``This is the fourth time they've been robbed. He is the nicest guy, I can't believe this.'' The robbers were described as African-American men with corn-rowed hair, wearing white dress shirts. The men fled in a white 2002 Ford Taurus Not to be confused with Ford Taunus. The Ford Taurus is currently a full-size, front-wheel drive or all wheel drive automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in North America. . Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at the Santa Clarita Valley station at (661) 255-1121. carol.rock(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5252 |
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