Sheriff arrest 16-year-old after Saturday robbery
by TP staff
Dec 07, 2009 | 2979 views | 12 12 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend | print
San Joaquin County Sheriff’s deputies took a teenager into custody Saturday morning after his alleged involvement in the armed robbery of a store north of Tracy.

An employee of Sam’s Market, 11700 West Fink Road, told sheriff’s investigators that two men walked into the store shortly before 11 a.m., one wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, mask and blue jeans and the other in a light colored hooded sweatshirt and a white mask, said Sheriff’s spokesman Les Garcia.

Last week, two men, one wearing a white hockey mask, robbed a Taco Bell in Tracy, the latest in a series of armed robberies Tracy police say were committed by the same two suspects.

The Sam’s Market employee said the two suspects carries “Uzi-style” guns. One pointed the weapon at him and the other jumped over the counter and demanded money. One of the men also took the employee’s wallet, the sheriff’s office report said, along with cigarettes and a box of cigars.

The robbers put the money, cigars and cigarettes into their own bag, jumped over the counter and ran away from the store, the employee told deputies.

A witness saw about a suspicious car parked behind the store, got the license plate number and alerted deputies, who found the car about a quarter of a mile south of the store, on Tracy Boulevard.

The 16-year-old boy was the only one in the car, Garcia said, and the other suspect it still at large.

Garcia said today the investigation is ongoing and investigators have yet to determine yet if these two men are connected with the other robberies in Tracy over the past few weeks.

Contact a Tracy Press reporter or editor at 835-3030 or tpnews@tracypress.com.

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209citizen
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April 15, 2010
I Can't believe that they gave this 16 yr old thug 1 yr in jail what the hell is wrong with the judicel system that means he got a slap on the wrist and they said be a good boy and you will only do 5 months.If he ever comes to my town believe me he won't leave.especially if he tries to rob our little store here.Once again were was this kids Parents or parent probably in Oakland doing the same thing he did!!
rmoreno60
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December 11, 2009
i doubt any of his bruhs were locked up just for speaking ebonics u hella stupid
Street_Justice
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December 11, 2009
freemybruh,

what's with the ebonics? Yet another example why the majority of your brothers (or bruh's) are in jail.
AAAnnie
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December 10, 2009
I suppose none of us knows the real story because we were not there. What I can tell from what I have read and my experience with young people who get in trouble is that they would not be able to hold a minor unless they had something on him. It may be that he had priors and happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. If that is the case then it will come out in court. I do not know why the child got picked up. I feel bad for people just trying to go to work and ending up having to deal with being terrorized. It is not fair. The people of Tracy are looking for answers. The police are doing the best they can under the circumstanses.
rmoreno60
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December 09, 2009
i highly doubt any of u guys no the real story this is so stupid i read somewhere that he got pulled over just because they seen his car drive by the store around the same time the robberies happen how stupid is this so if a 80 year old lady would of drivin by would they of takin her to jail and tried to charge her with armed robbery i dont think so this is so stupid they need to let him go and DUMFAMMEMBERS1 i never heard of anyone every getting hurt throughout all of this so u need to get over yourself
dumfammembers1
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December 09, 2009
freemybuth why don't you shut the hell up! you just took this boy from tryin to act like a thug to trailor trash with your dumb comment. Dont tell me you and viking have furniture and old toilets on your front prorch? Dont be mad cuz he got caught. cuz its better then him shooting someone or him getting his face shot off! He'll go to court and get off if hes innocent your not the judge or the jury!And they have to have something good on him for doing the arrest in the 1st place dumb dumb. Now viking let me tell u something, IM SO SICK of people playing the black card get real. If you want to make a difference in his life WHY dont u sit him down and have a LONGGGGGGGG talk with him cuz somewhere at some time he went real WRONG in life.You people covering this mess up is only gonna garentee he will do it again and worse!!!! What if the store employees where your family and got hurt? you people would be on here crying like babies and you know it!! Just think about how scared these employees were!!!!!!!!I think he should do extra time just for scaring them!!!!! now shut up and make a difference!!!!!!!!!
freemybruh
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December 09, 2009
all u except for viking is hella stupid tcy1 and all u are hella dumb maybe he dont got a dad and his mom has a real job unlike u guys leaving comments during the day get a real job and stop tryin ta critize a 16 year old kid

yea yea lk my nig said, boi all yal got my nig f#ked up yomshayin.. speakin on sum sh*t yal dont know about, wish i had 1 chance to sentence all yal kids an watch yal beg for dey life lk my pahtna did.. watch when yal find out hes innocent, yal gone feel real stupid bout yal selves.. an my teacher says hello, an yal idoits..

209citizen
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December 08, 2009
(Comment to nickie!)Now how do you know that the other two guys have been robbing the other places unless you have actually seen them then you certainly have no proof do you that it was them.Stop trying to cover up for people that actually did a crime that should of never happen in the first place.My opinion they should've been home with there mommies and daddys not out on the streets committing crimes that they knew they were eventually gonna get caught!! !!Get Real!!Kudos go out to Law Enforcement Another 2 bites the dust.
209citizen
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December 08, 2009
Wow i'm wondering if these are the 2 thugs that were seen on the news!!PS To funny u kids play u pay Nice XMAS Present!!!!
mnwild
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December 07, 2009
Okay, now I'm confused. The young man was taken into custody by the SHERIFF's Dept., because Sam's Market is outside City limits, but the TPD is being accused of singling him out because of his color. Now maybe TPD is trying to figure out if he is part of a "crew" who've robbed 6 places over the past few weeks -- AT GUN POINT BY THE WAY -- but last time I looked the Sheriff's Dept. was NOT the TPD and does their own investigations into this type of crime in their jurisdiction.

vikingsmp
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December 07, 2009
Maybe this young man was singled out by TRACY POLICE because of his color.You are innocent until proven Guilty and TRACY POLICE don't have a case they just needed some to pin the robberies on.IF people don,t know the fact's they should keep their mouth's shut and learn how to spell.If there was a robbery at a pizza place and this young man was locked up then he basically had nothing to do with it,TRACY POLICE just want to charge him because they can't do their job's in catching the right people.And as far as TCY1 maybe you should meet with his FAMILY and find out what the fact's are and what his name is.And be a real person and not talk sh-t about somebody you don't know and learn how to spell FACE'S.
Nicki2
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December 07, 2009
My guess is he doesn't have anything to do with all the other robberies, because pizza hut was robbed last night by the same guys that have been robbing the other places. So unless he is out on bail then he wasn't involved in all of the robberies. Maybe a couple of them


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