Robbery Right Down The Street!
Written by admin on January 29, 2010
A man stole a woman’s purse and fired a Taser-style stun gun at her in a mall parking lot Thursday night, but she wasn’t hurt, an Oceanside police lieutenant said.
The woman was in the parking lot of the Trader Joe’s strip mall at 2570 Vista Way, a little west of that store, when she was approached by the armed thief, Lt. Fred Armijo said. He took her purse, then fired his stun gun’s electrical probes at the victim, missing her, Armijo said.
The thief was described as a black man wearing a beanie and a dark jacket. He was last seen leaving the parking lot in a white minivan driven by another person, Armijo said.
This is quite scary as this is a strip mall that I very frequently use and it’s the second very crazy thing to happen in less than a year. It’s very crazy that it would happen in such a nice area, but, I guess with local access to the freeway so close, it’s perfect for criminals to get away quickly.
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