Fourth Suspect in Custody From July Armed Pot Robbery

A fourth suspect has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery during a marijuana sale that occurred in the Westfield Galleria at Roseville parking lot July 5. 

Lawrence Laquontia Taylor, 19, of Pittsburg, was arrested last week in Contra Costa County on a Placer County Superior Court warrant for robbery and related charges.  He is now in custody in the Placer County Jail on $50,000 bail.

On the afternoon of July 5, three Sacramento men met with four other men in a Roseville restaurant parking lot to conduct a marijuana sale.  Instead of paying, the , and fled in a black Toyota sedan.

By early the next morning, Roseville officers had located the suspect vehicle and arrested three of the four suspects – two adult males and a 17-year-old male. 

Detectives identified and obtained an arrest warrant for the fourth suspect, Lawrence Taylor, now in custody.

Detectives are continuing to investigate the marijuana sale that led to the robbery.