{"id":236767,"date":"2010-01-27T11:58:15","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T16:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.szone.us\/f80\/suspect-uses-pepper-spray-robbery-38671\/"},"modified":"2010-01-27T11:58:15","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T16:58:15","slug":"suspect-uses-pepper-spray-in-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/236767","title":{"rendered":"Suspect Uses Pepper Spray in Robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>01.27.10 08:01 AM<br \/>\n<b>Los Angeles:<\/b>&#0160; The Los AngelesPolice Department (LAPD) Olympic Division is asking for the public\u0092shelp in identifying the suspect responsible for an attempted robberyand robbery in the mid-city area of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lapdonline.org\/assets\/jpeg\/image-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/>OnDecember 29, 2009, at 7:50 p.m., the victim was inside a lobby of acommercial building in the 3600 block of Wilshire Boulevard when thesuspect sprayed the victim in the face with pepper spray and attemptedto steal the victim\u0092s laptop computer.&#0160; The suspect was unsuccessfuland ran away.<\/p>\n<p>Then, thirty minutes later, the same suspect approached another victim outside of a coffeeshop in the 3800 block of Wilshire Boulevard and sprayed <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lapdonline.org\/assets\/jpeg\/image-2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/>the victim inthe face with pepper spray.&#0160; The suspect took the victim\u0092s laptopcomputer and ran away with the computer.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect is described as a white male, with brown eyes and brownhair.&#0160; He is about 20-25 years of age, standing 5\u00929\u0094 tall and weighing140-150 pounds.&#0160; At the time of the robbery the suspect had a tattoo ofa star on one of his legs and a star shaved into the right side of hishead. <\/p>\n<p>Three photographs and a composite sketch of the suspect are available from Media Relations Section at 213-486-5910.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is urged to call Olympic Area RobberyDetectives F. Avila or S. Martinez at 213-382-9460.&#0160; Duringnon-business hours, call 1-877-LAPD-24-7.&#0160; Anyone wishing to remainanonymous may call Crimestoppers at 800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477).&#0160;Tipsters may contact Crimestoppers by texting the number 274637(C-R-I-M-E-S on most keypads) with a cell phone. All text messagesshould begin with the letters \u0093LAPD.\u0094 Tipsters may also go toLAPDOnline.org, click on &quot;webtips&quot; and follow the prompts.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lapdonline.org\/assets\/jpeg\/image-3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lapdblog.typepad.com\/lapd_blog\/2010\/01\/los-angeles-the-los-angeles--police-department-lapd-olympic-division-is-asking-for-the-publics--help-in-identifying-the.html\" >LAPD News and Information &#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01.27.10 08:01 AM Los Angeles:&#0160; The Los AngelesPolice Department (LAPD) Olympic Division is asking for the public\u0092shelp in identifying the suspect responsible for an attempted robberyand robbery in the mid-city area of Los Angeles. OnDecember 29, 2009, at 7:50 p.m., the victim was inside a lobby of acommercial building in the 3600 block of Wilshire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4524,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4524"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}