Crime & Safety
3 Minors Arrested In Attempted Home Robbery In Vallejo
Three boys were arrested after an attempted home robbery, police said. One put a gun to the head of a woman at the home.
VALLEJO, CA — Three boys were arrested after a group of juveniles attempted a residential robbery and one put a gun to the head of a woman there, Vallejo police said Saturday.
The trio knocked at the front door of a home in the 400 block of Gonzaga Avenue on Sunday, police said. When the woman went outside to see what they wanted, one pushed her to the ground and another pulled a firearm out of his backpack and pointed it at the back of her head, police said on social media.
When people inside the victim's residence screamed in fear, the juveniles panicked and ran away, police said.
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The victim had video footage of the suspects fleeing. Officers found the trio near Stanford Drive and Hastings Avenue and the victim identified them as her assailants, police said.
One of the suspects was cited and released to a guardian because he was too young to meet the age limit of the Solano County Juvenile Detention Facility, police said. The facility houses youths 12 to 18. The other two were booked into the juvenile facility.
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