Crime & Safety
Manhattan Police Searching for Armed Robbery Suspect
The suspect was described as a black man with a mustache, between 18 to 25 years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing between 150 to 165 lbs.
MANHATTAN BEACH, CA -- Manhattan Beach Police are asking the public's helping in identifying an armed robbery suspect, police said in a statement released Monday.
The robbery happened at around 6:35 p.m. on Sept. 29 in the southeast parking lot of Mira Costa High School, police said. A cell phone was taken in the robbery. The suspect was described as a black man with a mustache, between 18 to 25 years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing between 150 to 165 pounds.
He was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt with possible collegiate writing and camouflage shorts, police said. The suspect was last seen running south on Ford Avenue.
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At around the same time, another armed robbery was committed by a suspect matching the description in Redondo Beach. That robbery occurred at the intersection of Aviation Boulevard and Space Park Drive.
Police urge anyone with any information about either crime to contact Manhattan Beach police Det. Mike Rosenberger at (310) 802-5127.
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