Crime & Safety

LAPD Seeking Two Women Accused of Committing Three Robberies in Hollywood

The robberies began on Friday between 9:30 p.m. and 11:40 p.m. and occurred at three locations within close proximity of each other.

Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollywood Division today asked for the public’s help in locating two females believed to have committed three robberies.

The robberies began on Friday between 9:30 p.m. and 11:40 p.m. and occurred at three locations within close proximity of each other -- the 1600 block of North Fuller Avenue, the 1400 bock of Vista Boulevard and 1200 block of North Mansfield Avenue.

Detectives determined the robberies were related and the suspects were the same. The suspects approached victims on foot, confronted them, used force to obtain property, then fled on foot.

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During one robbery, the suspects followed the victims into the lobby area of their residence.

One suspect was described as 4 feet 11 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing between 160 and 180 pounds and be between 16 and 21 years old. She was wearing dark colored clothing.

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The second suspect was described as 5 feet 3 inches tall to 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing between 115 and 130 pounds and between 16 and 20 years old. She was wearing a red bandana and a dark colored shirt.

Anyone with information on the suspects was asked to call detectives at (213) 972-2955.

--City News Service

PHOTO Courtesy the LAPD.

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