ROBBER THWARTED BY ALARM MONDAY ATTEMPT MAY BE RELATED TO HOLDUPS.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Darvish Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - A string of heists targeting local businesses and pedestrians has netted robbers - some armed with handguns - more than $1,000 in recent days, authorities said. A robbery was thwarted late Monday night at a Black Angus restaurant in Valencia when an alarm inside the eatery frightened fright·en v. fright·ened, fright·en·ing, fright·ens v.tr. 1. To fill with fear; alarm. 2. off the masked intruder An attacker that gains, or tries to gain, unauthorized access to a system. See attacker, intrusion and IDS. , who was armed with a handgun, 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. Sgt. Howard Fairchild of the Santa Clarita sheriff's station. ``We've had four armed or strong-arm robberies in the last four evenings,'' Fairchild said Tuesday afternoon. ``We think two might be related, but we're still putting the Black Angus one together.'' The description of the robber in Monday night's attempt at Black Angus - an African-American man wearing a black ski cap, black bandanna on his face and dark-colored clothing - was similar to that of the man who committed an armed robbery last Friday night at a Saugus liquor store, Fairchild said. In that case, an African-American man wearing a red ski mask and black and dark-colored clothing entered the Qwik Pick liquor store on Bouquet Canyon Road shortly before midnight and pointed a gun at an employee who was stocking shelves. The gunman, described as 20 to 25 years old, 6 feet to 6 feet 2 inches tall and 200 to 210 pounds, demanded the money in the cash register. The employee emptied about $1,000 from the register and handed it to the man, who then walked out the door. A man said he was out walking about 9 p.m. Sunday on Walnut Street A number of streets are named Walnut Street:
The victim was treated at the scene for minor injuries, Fairchild said. Another man said that, about 9 p.m. Monday, a few hours before the attempted robbery at Black Angus, he was heading from his vehicle into a liquor store on 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 in Newhall when he was confronted by an African-American man who began shoving him and demanding money. The victim told authorities that he gave his assailant about $35. That robber was described as about 20 and was wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans blue jeans also blue·jeans pl.n. Clothes, especially pants, made of blue denim. blue jeans npl → tejanos mpl; vaqueros mpl and a black skull cap. He was described as about 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed about 150 pounds, Fairchild said. No vehicles were seen in any of the crimes. Amy Raisin Darvish, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com |
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