By Ricardo Roura
29 Jul 2024, 21:10 PM EDT
Two street vendors, located half a mile apart from each other, They were victims of robbers who assaulted them less than an hour apart this Saturday night in Long Beach.
The investigation of the two robberies is coordinated by Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) officers,
The first robbery was committed at approximately 11:25 pm this Sunday, July 28 in the 1500 block of Alamitos Boulevard.
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According to the preliminary investigation, Long Beach Police said that Two people approached the victims, a man and a woman, and demanded that they hand over all their money.. One of the suspects was reportedly armed with a knife.
The raiders They fled before officers arrived from the Long Beach Police.
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The robbery of the second street vendor occurred at approximately 12:01 am this Monday, July 29 in the 1000 block of East Pacific Coast Highway.
Initial investigations indicated that in the first minute of this Monday, Two men approached the street vendor, threatened him with a knife and demanded cash..
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A coworker was the one who gave them the proceeds from the day’s sale. and the robbers, after taking the money, escaped from the place.
The thugs injured the second street vendorbut did not need to be transferred to a hospital for medical attention.
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The Long Beach Police Department did not provide information on the names of the two victims, the type of products they sold or whether they were street vendors of Hispanic origin.
Just on the night of Tuesday, July 23rdtwo Hispanic street taco vendors were robbed at gunpoint for the second time in Long Beach. For the merchants, it was the second robbery in a two-week period, with hundreds of dollars in loot left behind.
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