Three arrested in Redwood City convenience store robberies

On October 2, 2024By Rgal Nv

REDWOOD CITY – Authorities arrested three men Tuesday in connection with two convenience store robberies in Redwood City.

The first robbery was reported around 1 a.m. at the 7-Eleven located at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Bay Road, Redwood City police said in a news release.

Twenty minutes later, police were notified of a second robbery at the 7-Eleven at 400 El Camino Real.

Police said the victims provided similar descriptions of the suspects. Meanwhile, a police dispatcher found a bulletin about a recent robbery in Martinez that appeared to involve the same suspects. The bulletin included a description of their vehicle.

The vehicle was detected by the city’s recently installed automated license plate reading system, police said.

Around 1:40 a.m., a police officer spotted the suspects outside a Denny’s at Broadway and Woodside Road. The suspects were all wearing ski masks and heading toward the restaurant, police said, adding that they were “apparently about to commit another robbery.”

The suspects spotted the officer and fled in different directions, police said. Police captured two a short time later and recovered a pair of firearms.

The final suspect was found hiding in the vehicle around 2:30 a.m. in the 900 block of Charter Street. Police said a third gun was recovered.

The suspects – identified as a 30-year-old Vallejo man, a 23-year-old San Francisco man and a 19-year-old Fairfield man – were arrested and booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City on charges, including armed robbery. .

Originally published: October 2, 2024 at 8:16 a.m.