STORE ROBBERY CASE TO TRIAL 3 FACE CHARGES IN HEIST, CHASE.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer LANCASTER -- A Glendale man and two Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley teenagers have been ordered to stand trial on charges stemming from a takeover robbery at a cell phone store that turned into a chase through four west Palmdale shopping centers. Another defendant, Joevonna Washington, 19, of Palmdale, who deputies said was the getaway driver, pleaded no contest last week to robbery. In custody without bail, she is scheduled to be sentenced later this month. Sheriff's deputies surprised the masked robbers May 23 as they came out a side door of the Sprint store in the 800 block of Rancho Vista Boulevard. Deputies had been alerted by a 911 caller who saw the robbers get out of a car in the parking lot with two rifles. Other people helped identify the fleeing suspects and told deputies which way they went during the chase, officials said. Dennis Elliot, a 20-year-old ex-convict from Glendale, was arrested after trying to carjack car·jack or car-jack tr.v. car·jacked, car·jack·ing, car·jacks To commit forcible theft of (a vehicle) from its users. [car + (hi)jack. a vehicle from a woman waiting in a Taco Bell Taco Bell Corp., a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc., is a Mexican-style quick service restaurant chain based in Irvine, California, United States. The restaurant has locations primarily in the United States and Canada, but also operates outlets in several other markets. drive- through lane, deputies said. The teenagers, Erin Mauldin, 18, of Lancaster and Edward Mouton mouton lamb pelt made to resemble seal or beaver. , 18, of Palmdale, were caught in a field as they tried to stuff money down gopher holes, sheriff's deputies said. Washington was arrested near a Toyota Camry The Toyota Camry is a mid-size sedan assembled by Toyota in Georgetown, Kentucky; Altona, Victoria, Guangzhou, China and the original factory in Toyota City, Japan. In some markets, the top range Camry models are seen as executive cars. the robbers got out of in the Crossing Palms shopping center. The car had been stolen the previous day in Palmdale, deputies said. The three remaining defendants were bound over for trial on robbery and false-imprisonment charges following the conclusion of a preliminary hearing Monday. Seven kidnapping kidnapping, in law, the taking away of a person by force, threat, or deceit, with intent to cause him to be detained against his will. Kidnapping may be done for ransom or for political or other purposes. counts for each defendant were dismissed. All three were being held in lieu of $950,000 bail each. Elliott got out of prison four weeks before the robbery after serving six months for vehicle theft. |
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