MARINE SOUGHT IN HEIST; MAN'S MILITARY ID FOUND IN ESCAPE CAR.Byline: David R. Baker Daily News Staff Writer A Marine suspected of robbing a North Hollywood grocery store over the weekend remained at large Monday, and investigators said he might have fled the state. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police said the suspect is a corporal CORPORAL. An epithet for anything belonging to the body, as, corporal punishment, for punishment inflicted on the person of the criminal; corporal oath, which is an oath by the party who takes it being obliged to lay his hand on the Bible. CORPORAL, in the army. at the Twentynine Palms Marine base and is believed to be one of two men who held up a Gelson's supermarket Saturday on Laurel Canyon Boulevard Laurel Canyon Boulevard is a major street in the city of Los Angeles, California. It starts off at Polk Street in Sylmar in the northern San Fernando Valley near the junction of the San Diego (Interstate 405) and the Golden State Freeways (Interstate 5). . Police and base officials declined to name the suspect, whose military identification was found by police in the robbery's getaway car getaway car n the thieves' getaway car → el coche en que huyeron los ladrones getaway car n → voiture prévue pour prendre la fuite . But base spokesman Major Todd Yeatts said the possibility that a Marine could have committed robbery hurts members of an organization that prides itself on high standards of behavior. ``Any time you see that on the news, you feel a little sick, because it is a close-knit organization,'' he said. No injuries were reported in the 9:15 p.m. Saturday robbery. Police caught the other suspect, 23-year-old Edward Garcia of Pacoima, after a 45-minute, high-speed chase from the store to Burbank. The unnamed suspect escaped from the store on foot and apparently dumped guns and about $30,000 in cash, checks and food stamps food stamp n. A stamp or coupon, issued by the government to persons with low incomes, that can be redeemed for food at stores. Noun 1. in the back yard of a Studio City home. Police describe the Marine as white, 20 to 25, between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet tall and weighing about 180 to 200 pounds. Yeatts confirmed that the suspect did not report for duty Monday morning and was considered absent without authorization. Although the base would not mount an all-out manhunt man·hunt n. An organized, extensive search for a person, usually a fugitive criminal. manhunt Noun an organized search, usually by police, for a wanted man or fugitive Noun 1. for the suspect, Yeatts said military police had been told to watch for the man. Base officials would continue to help the police investigation in any way they could, he said. ``Certainly, we're concerned with locating the Marine, whether he was involved or not,'' Yeatts said. |
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