Crime & Safety
Early Morning Robbery Reported At Valero Station
Police say the suspect is believed to be the same person responsible for recent robberies in Redwood City and San Leandro.
(Surveillance video of suspect via WCPD)
WALNUT CREEK-Walnut Creek Police are looking for a man that held up the Valero Gas Station located at 605 Ygnacio Valley Road early Wednesday morning.
Police say about 4:35 a.m., a ‘30-years-old’ stocky-build man wearing a full ski mask brandished a handgun at an employee and took an undisclosed amount of cash from the cash register before fleeing the station. Surveillance video showed the suspect fled southbound on foot.
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Police say officers arrived within a minute and set up a perimeter with a K-9 dog, but no one was located.
Authorities believe the suspect is the same person responsible for recent robberies in Redwood City and San Leandro.
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Anyone with information is asked to call Walnut Creek Police Detective Jeha at (925) 256-3518.
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