TRACKING DEVICE SNAGS SUSPECTS IN ROBBERY OF ACTOR.Byline: Steve Gorman Steve Gorman (born 17 August, 1965, Muskegon, Michigan) is a musician best known as the drummer of the American hard rock band The Black Crowes. He also spent some time as drummer for British rock band Stereophonics. Daily News Staff Writer Veteran screen actor Harry Dean Stanton Harry Dean Stanton (born July 14, 1926) is an American character actor. Stanton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky to Ersel and Sheridan Harry Stanton, who divorced when Stanton was in high school; they later re-married. He had two younger brothers, Archie and Ralph. was tied up, pistol-whipped and robbed in his Mulholland Drive For the motion picture, see . Mulholland Drive is a very well-known road in Los Angeles, California named after engineer William Mulholland. A portion of it is also called Mulholland Highway. home Saturday night by three armed intruders who ransacked ran·sack tr.v. ran·sacked, ran·sack·ing, ran·sacks 1. To search or examine thoroughly. 2. To search carefully for plunder; pillage. his house and fled in his luxury car, police said Sunday. Two suspects were arrested late Saturday night in North Hollywood, where police found Stanton's stolen Lexus using a security tracking device contained in the automobile, said Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . spokeswoman Stacy Blodgett. Stanton, 69, suffered minor injuries to his face and head but did not require hospital treatment. Although he wasn't hurt "too bad," the actor said, he was shaken by the incident. "When you get tied up and have guns stuck in your eye, it's pretty scary," he said Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
Later, Stanton told KNBC KNBC Kings Norton Bowling Club (Channel 4) he thought the robbers were going to kill him. "I was just thinking, how's it going to feel when my head explodes?" Stanton said. The character actor has appeared in at least 50 motion pictures in a film career that dates back to the 1950s. His credits include "The Wrong Man," "Cool Hand Luke," "The Godfather, Part II," "Alien," "Private Benjamin," "Pretty in Pink," "Repo Man," and "Wild at Heart." The actor told police he was home alone about 8 p.m. when three men broke into his residence, forced him into a bedroom at gunpoint, and tied him up. Police said Stanton was hit on the back of the head with a gun during the ordeal. The actor's face was bruised and scraped slightly around his right eye and his nose, where he said the suspects pushed a gun muzzle into his face. The intruders then ransacked the house and loaded electronic equipment and other items into Stanton's car, which they used to make their getaway, police said. Stanton later managed to free himself, called police and told them his stolen car was equipped with a tracking device. The automobile was found less than two hours later, parked near Alcove Avenue and Tiara Street near Los Angeles Valley College LAVC redirects here. For the software library, see libavcodec. The university is adjacent to Grant High School. Often called "Valley College" or simply "Valley" by those who frequent the campus, it opened its doors to the public on September 12, 1949, at which time the campus was . Patrol officers staked out the vehicle. A short time later, two men pulled up in a car, and one got into Stanton's automobile and drove off, with police in pursuit. The driver was arrested after he crashed into a parked vehicle and tried to flee on foot. The two men, identified as Enrique Rivera, 18, and Alberto Guerrero, 20, both of North Hollywood, were booked on suspicion of robbery and were jailed in Van Nuys. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Harry Dean Stanton Tied up, pistol-whipped in home-invasion robbery |
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