ROBBER'S GUN SNATCHED DEPUTIES FIND SUSPECT, CAR NEARBY AT HIS HOME.Byline: Daily News NEWHALL -- A victim took a robber's loaded revolver revolver: see small arms. revolver Pistol with a revolving cylinder that provides multishot action. Some early versions, known as pepperboxes, had several barrels, but as early as the 17th century pistols were being made with a revolving chamber to away during a gas station heist, and the gunman was arrested a few blocks away when sheriff's deputies found his Jeep parked at his Newhall home, a sheriff's detective said Monday. Wearing a ski mask and using a gun, Terrance Ward, 27, robbed the Mobile gas station at 23502 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 about 5:35 p.m. Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. and got away with about $100, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Sheriff's Department. About 2 1/2 hours later, Ward walked into American Gas at 24062 Lyons Ave. and tried to rob that gas station, detective Eric Lasko said. But he left the gun on the counter and the clerk grabbed it, prompting Ward to run out to his getaway Jeep, Lasko said. It's unclear why he put down the gun, but sometimes robbers do that to grab money with both hands, Lasko said. ``It happens more than you would think,'' he said. A witness pointed out the direction the Jeep went, and sheriff's deputies found it a few blocks away in a mobile home park in the 25000 block of Hawkbryn Avenue. Ward was arrested, along with his girlfriend Elea Tenuta, 34, who is suspected of being the getaway driver, according to the report. They were each booked on one count of robbery and attempted robbery with arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted scheduled for today. Bail was set at $100,000 each. |
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