Suspect Charged In Cabazon, Moreno Valley Armed Robberies

CABAZON, CA — A 21-year-old man accused of perpetrating multiple holdups in Moreno Valley and Cabazon was charged Wednesday with three counts of armed robbery and one count of attempted robbery.

Wesley Denzale Hall of Moreno Valley was arrested and booked Monday into the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning, where he's being held in lieu of $210,000 bail.

Hall was slated to make his initial court appearance Wednesday afternoon at the Riverside Hall of Justice.

According to Sgt. Robert Martinez of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, between April and August, the defendant held up gas stations and convenience stores in Cabazon and Moreno Valley.

A total of four businesses were targeted, Martinez said.

The last robbery occurred on the morning of Aug. 4 in the 24000 block of JFK Drive in Moreno Valley, according to the sergeant.

He alleged that the defendant took an undisclosed amount of cash from the gas station and fled.
Detectives spent the ensuing weeks reviewing evidence and ultimately identified Hall as the alleged robber. Additional clues were obtained pointing to the same person in three other holdups, Martinez said.

The defendant was taken into custody without incident in the area of Filaree Avenue and Perris Boulevard on Monday afternoon.

Hall has no documented prior felony convictions in Riverside County.