{"id":248898,"date":"2010-01-29T22:05:10","date_gmt":"2010-01-30T03:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.szone.us\/f80\/suspect-used-stun-gun-robbery-attempt-38799\/"},"modified":"2010-01-29T22:05:10","modified_gmt":"2010-01-30T03:05:10","slug":"suspect-used-stun-gun-in-robbery-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/248898","title":{"rendered":"Suspect Used Stun Gun in Robbery Attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>01.29.10 04:18 PM<br \/>\n<b><i>Los Angeles:<\/i><\/b>Los Angeles Police Department detectives have arrested a man who used astun gun to rob a woman of her purse on January 27, 2010, in theHollywood area.&#0160; The woman left the scene and police are asking for thepublic\u0092s help in finding the victim so they can speak with her.<\/p>\n<p>The crime was captured on video.&#0160; The video observed a woman walking inthe 4800 block of Melrose Avenue about 9:10 p.m. when a suspect lateridentified as 22-year-old David Victor Thomas, approached her frombehind and shot her with a stun gun to the back of her neck.&#0160; Thesuspect then pulled the victim to the ground and attempted to take herpurse.&#0160; A group of witnesses chased after Thomas and held him until thepolice arrived. <\/p>\n<p>The victim left the location before the police arrived to interviewher.&#0160; Detectives believe she suffered burn injuries to her neck.&#0160; Thevictim is described as Hispanic with long hair.&#0160; She stands between 5feet 1 inch and 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs between 130 and 150pounds.&#0160; She\u0092s between 17 and 25 years of age and was last seen wearinga white zippered jacket or sweater and blue jeans.&#0160; The victim may livein the area and speak only Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about this attempted robbery is urged to callHollywood Division detectives at 213-972-2945 or 213-972-2944.&#0160; Duringnon-business hours or on weekends, calls should be directed to1-877-LAPD-24-7.&#0160; Anyone wishing to remain anonymous should callCrimestoppers at 800-222-TIPS (800-222-8477).&#0160; Tipsters may alsocontact Crimestoppers by texting to phone number 274637 (C-R-I-M-E-S onmost keypads) with a cell phone. All text messages should begin withthe letters &quot;LAPD.&quot; Tipsters may also go to LAPDOnline.org, click on&quot;webtips&quot; and follow the prompts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lapdblog.typepad.com\/lapd_blog\/2010\/01\/suspect-used-stun-gun-in-robbery-attempt.html\" >LAPD News and Information &#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01.29.10 04:18 PM Los Angeles:Los Angeles Police Department detectives have arrested a man who used astun gun to rob a woman of her purse on January 27, 2010, in theHollywood area.&#0160; The woman left the scene and police are asking for thepublic\u0092s help in finding the victim so they can speak with her. The crime [&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-248898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248898","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=248898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}