Armed Street Robbery Suspects Sought By Deputies In West Hollywood

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA — Deputies are asking for the public's help in finding the people suspected of committing armed robberies recently in West Hollywood.

The most recent crime occurred just after midnight Thursday outside celebrity hotspot Craig's at Melrose Avenue and Robertson Boulevard. Two men in their late teens or early 20s, including at least one who was armed, were involved in the robbery. The suspects took a watch from a victim and fled in a vehicle driven by a third suspect, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

That robbery came after one on July 19 at 12:30 a.m., when three armed men got out of a black SUV and approved a man who was walking on the sidewalk of Larrabee Street, one block east of Santa Monica and San Vicente boulevards. The three armed men pushed the victim up against a fence and robbed him, according to deputies.

Those suspects include a white or hispanic black-haired man who is about 5'11" and 165 lbs., a Black man with black hair who is about 5'10" and 155 lbs., and another man who was about 5'9" and 210 lbs. All three men are about 30 years old, according to deputies.

Anyone with information about the robberies is asked to contact West Hollywood Sheriff's Station Detective Candie Gonzales at 310-358- 4011 or c2mgonza@lasd.org.

Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.

City News Service contributed to this report.