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Fight over gas pump lands 2 females in jail, 2 “persons of interest” sought

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The incident happened around 1:30 a.m. Monday, May 28, at a gas station on the 800 block of East Avenue J, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. [Image via AV Scanner News]
LANCASTER – A girl and a young woman were arrested, and investigators  are seeking the public’s help to locate two “persons of interest” in connection with an alleged assault and robbery at a Lancaster gas station on Memorial Day.

Deputies responded about 1:30 a.m. Monday, May 28, to a robbery call in the 800 block of East Avenue J and learned that the victims and suspects were arguing over a gas pump, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

Emanie Jones, 19, was arrested in connection with the incident. [Booking photo via LASD]
“During the argument, one of the suspects grabbed a victim’s purse from inside the victim’s vehicle. That victim attempted to get her purse back from the suspect, and was punched in the face by the suspect. After the first victim was punched in the face, another victim attempted to get the purse back from the suspect and was also punched in the face,” the news release states.

“The additional suspects became involved in the assault and began pushing and punching the victims as they attempted to regain the victim’s purse,” the news release states.

Moments after arriving on scene, deputies located two female assault suspects, one a juvenile and the other identified as 19-year-old Emanie Jones, according to the Sheriff’s news release.

Both Jones and the juvenile were booked at the Lancaster Station jail on suspicion of robbery. Jones was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail and the girl without bail. The assaulted victim was assessed at the scene and released, sheriff’s officials said.

“At this time, detectives believe two additional persons of interest were present during the incident. The deputies were unable to locate the additional persons,” the news release states.

Detectives are seeking the public’s help in locating the two persons of interest, as well as any additional witnesses, and are encouraging anyone with information to call the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station at 661-948-8466. Anonymous tips can be submitted through Crime Stoppers by calling 800-222-TIPS.

“The incident was over a gas pump only and had nothing to do with the victims being fruit vendors, as originally reported by various media outlets,” according to the Sheriff’s news release.

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Lancaster

40 comments for "Fight over gas pump lands 2 females in jail, 2 “persons of interest” sought"

  1. Our Founding Fathers legally defined them 3/5ths human being. Affirmative action notwithstanding, 250 years later, not a whole lot about them’s changed.

    • Actually that was only for voting purposes since they the slave owners wanted to keep slaves. They (slave owners) wanted to count the slaves amongst their political numbers so that it would allow them to have more representation in congress. So Congress only allowed them to count 3/5ths of them, It had nothing to do with their worth as humans, especially since there were already African Americans in congress. Thanks for your attempt at being informed… You sound as intelligent as the man you voted for.

    • I heard from biker gangs that most members of the drug Cartel live in little rock and lake L.A. They like hiding in in isolation while they transport drugs.

      • Just out of curiosity, are you participating in a sex act when these biker gangs are whispering these sweet nothings to you?

  2. Time to face facts, desegregation failed. Miserably. As anti-social, as anti-establishment, as miserable, and as wretched as they ever were, it is high time we lend serious thought to re-segregation

    • Though political will doesn’t exist to resegregate, there is no room for argument looming regarding passive social isolation, and overwhelming tacit collective agreement amongst the other races to embrace our continuance, of treating them exactly as what they really are, social deviants and social misfits, and as such not having a thing to do with their kind, allowing them every opportunity to get on with the process of destroying themselves.

      • @Wai Ying…You are confused. You are talking about Rodrigo Duterte, and his band of thugs.

  4. 1:30 am aren’t all the gas pumps available? People are idiots – about 75% of all people.

    • I agree. The gas pump argument was an attempt to distract them to rob them. thieves probably didn’t even have a vehicle. Don’t get out of your vehicle to argue with people, especially in the hood after dark. Find another gas station.

    • I have ran into this person at a gas station before. Similar incident but not as bad. I’m glad to see her busted!

      • Two people who wouldn’t know Compton if they were dropped in the middle of it reveal themselves.

    • Starting to sound like the Antelope Valley Voice. They don’t take kindly to people of color or Muslims, Sikhs, etc.

    • @Ron…I see you didn’t step up to pay their rent, like the fine gentleman that did.

      • Well, technically we don’t KNOW that screen name Ron isn’t that fine gentleman. I’ll grant that given the idiocy and bigotry frequently posted by screen name Ron it seems pretty unlikely though.

  6. Go check out the AM/PM on Division and Ave J anytime after 10pm 7 days a week..
    Its filled with bunch of Savages parking their car starting trouble with everyone and anybody.

    Seven Eleven on J and Challenger is the same late at night on the weekends..
    Deputies often get intimidated by the group of savages taunting them and often leave them alone.

    Dont believe me? go check it out yourselves.

    I love Lancaster.. Cheapest Place to live where Section 8 gets you more bang for your buck which in turn makes Inglewood an Compton a better place because they are all moving here.

  7. Low life’s that want other people’s money they already get everything handed to them and they still go around looking around to see what they can steal. Even at 1 30 in the am. Smh.

    • Smh hey at least there not shooting up schools like trump supporters you ppl always gotta be racist smh if Rex Paris made more opportunity instead of take there money through federal loans at these [removed] trade schools maybe it would be a better community…Lancaster sucks [removed] bunch of racist ppl crying and complaining instead of trying to make it a better place …

        • Really? Enlighten me please. Because I don’t feel this had anything to do with politics and everything to do with just plain douchebag behavior!

          • This is the worse state to live in, kids cant bo out and play because we are the dumping ground for the state to dump pedifiles and repeat, maybe if parents disciplined their kids alot of this crap would stop, I raised 4 son in the worst neighborhood in the AV, had 2 go and fight for the freedom of all this bulls*&#t, and my other 2 make over $ 100,000 a yr, because I disciplined my kids, they didnt have video games and had to be 18 to get their licenses, think about it parents

  11. This is why all us black people are stereotyped as “Ghetto, scum, trash, welfare and section 8” ! Stop this BS! Every damn crime post on this page and the scanner page is a “black male” or “black female”. Stop making a bad name for me and my hard working family! Learn how to act and teach your children how to act! Stop letting them run the streets. Be a productive member of society!

    • Regina..you got that so right. It starts at home. No matter what race….teach your kids honor and respect. And teach them you have to work

    • Thank you, there is trash in every ethnicity, my best friend is African american, and I am white, boy did we get looks, we just laughed at them

    • For real [removed] they should all be free… They just out they bullying for no reasons at all… Only reason you should be at a pump at 1:30 in the morning is going to work or just getting off work and that was not the case for them they going to catch them all because they going to tell on one another real quick

    • Well I’d say based upon the facts of the incident as reported there was at least two people at this gas station fighting over a gas pump.

  13. What a disgusting display of bullies, hurting a hard working and vulnerable family, and taking the money this family earned.