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Robbery-carjack suspects caught in Lancaster

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While attempting to flee from deputies in the stolen vehicle, the suspects drove onto the front lawn of a home on the 43800 block of Delgado Street. Two of the teens were then captured, but the third teen ran away on foot. He was eventually captured after deputies searched the neighborhood for more than an hour. (Photo courtesy LASD)
While attempting to flee from deputies in the stolen vehicle, the suspects drove onto the front lawn of a home on the 43800 block of Delgado Street. Two of the teens were then captured, but the third teen ran away on foot. He was eventually captured after deputies searched the neighborhood for more than an hour. (Photo courtesy LASD)

LANCASTER – Three juveniles were arrested Tuesday after they were spotted in a vehicle that was “carjacked” by hammer-wielding robbers late Monday night, authorities said.

A 16-year-old boy from Palmdale and two 17-year-old boys from Los Angeles were booked at the Lancaster Station Jail for robbery and carjacking; and then they were transported to Sylmar Juvenile Detention Center and held without bail, according to a press release from the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station. Read it below:

[Around 11:40 p.m., Monday, Sept. 1], Lancaster Deputies responded to George Lane Park in Quartz Hill regarding an armed robbery and carjacking. The Lancaster Robbery Suppression Team (RST) also responded to handle the investigation.

The investigators determined that a male adult victim and female adult victim were at the park when three unknown male suspects approached them with one suspect holding a hammer.

The suspects stole personal property, money, and keys to the victim’s 1997 Toyota Camry and drove off.

The RST detectives continued to work the case throughout the early morning hours until about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, when the stolen vehicle was seen near the intersection of Avenue J-8 and 27th Street East.

The third carjack-robbery suspect was arrested near Santa Rosa Circle and 27th Street East, according to a resident who watched the action from her home and snapped this picture. (Contributed)
The third carjack-robbery suspect was arrested near Santa Rosa Circle and 27th Street East, according to a resident who watched the action from her home and snapped this picture. (Contributed)

The three suspects attempted to flee from deputies in the stolen car by speeding away onto the 43800 Block of Delgado Street. The suspects drove onto a front lawn of a home, which ended at the cul-de-sac of Delgado Street.

Two suspects remained in the car and were immediately apprehended by deputies, while one suspect ran away from the scene. The fleeing suspect was ultimately arrested after more than a one hour long containment of the surrounding neighborhood.

All three arrested individuals were male juveniles. Two subjects are 17-year-olds from Los Angeles and one subject is a 16-year-old from Palmdale. They were booked at the Lancaster Station Jail for robbery and car-jacking. They were transported to Sylmar Juvenile Detention Center and held [without bail].

During the manhunt, Columbia Elementary School was placed on a precautionary lockdown for a short period of time, according to Lancaster Community Relations deputy Miguel Ruiz.

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12 comments for "Robbery-carjack suspects caught in Lancaster"

  1. It all goes back to “Section 8” housing and we all know it. Anyone saying anything different needs to do their research.

    End Section 8 housing and it will more than half the crime in the AV in one year. That’s what brought all the trash here.

    • To this person who made the statement about section 8… you are utterly ignorant,PERIOD!
      Your intelligence is totally none! The crime rate and people aint [removed] compared to what it was as back in 1990’s. Ive lived out here in av for my qhole life im 45yrs old now so get your facts straight and stop passing judgement and sterio typing people just because a person has section8 dont make them any different from you. I bet if you had the chance to pay less rent I believe you wouldnt be saying all that stuff have a good day

  3. What’s all the fuss about? If you don’t already know it the AV is nothing but a sewer full of child predators, illegals, gangs, drug pushers and thousands, yes I said thousands of scum bags on probation.

  4. This is getting bad and happening to often. I Heard that in Riverside County it was getting bad also until the Sheriff or Mayor said in a statement for all residents to arm themselves buy guns and crime went down I think M Parris should do the same and urge its good working people to help out and start getting rid of all the trash if you get caught committing a crime well be it if you get smoked killed by a good citizen helping out the community no charges should be filed we need to clean our city and be able to take walks at any time we want with out being scared looking over our shoulders or worried about our kids when they go to the park movies?? And of course only legal gun owners not stolen guns owners then you should be arrested for having a stolen gun.

  5. 2 kids from LA! That’s BS! The majority off people being sent out here continue to claim they live in LA when they really live here in the AV! Bunch off thugs running the around the AV!

  6. thats the kids where checking out our cars in our neighborhood, our neighbors saw then and they said they where 3 young man. and one of my neighbors car was open and they get a chance to get in there, they checked out my car too , neighbor said. but mine was locked… terrible kids maybe they learned it from their parents!!!

  7. For the life of me, I can’t understand why these kids have nothing better to do than commit crimes. They’re lucky no one shot them. Their lives are on the way to the dump if they don’t clean up their act. There’s always a leader and if you follow, you’re weak.