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On Tuesday, at roughly 11:51 a.m., deputies responded to a panic alarm at a financial institution at 40400 Margarita Road in Temecula, a sheriff’s information launch stated.
The launch stated financial institution workers reported {that a} man final seen sporting a blue shirt and a baseball cap, and carrying an orange bag, robbed the financial institution.
The robber handed a word to the financial institution teller demanding cash. The teller handed an undisclosed quantity to the suspect, who fled the placement earlier than deputies arrived.
Deputies realized about two different financial institution robberies that occurred in Murrieta on Tuesday. The identical technique was used and the suspect description was the identical in all of the robberies.
Those robberies had been reported at about 12:19 p.m. within the 40000 block of California Oaks Road and at 12:58 p.m. within the 25000 block of Hancock Avenue. Murrieta Police in a information launch stated that within the first theft in that metropolis, the suspect displayed a firearm in his waistband. The second Murrieta theft was additionally described as an armed theft.
Murrieta Police then positioned the suspect’s automobile within the 35000 Block of Crickhowell Avenue in Murrieta.
Murrieta officers carried out a automobile cease and arrested the motive force, Sonny Tho Leu, 62, of Murrieta.
Leu was recognized because the suspect accountable for the three financial institution robberies, and authorities discovered “a number of gadgets of evidentiary worth” connecting Leu to the three robberies throughout a search at Leu’s residence and automobile, the sheriff’s assertion stated.
Leu was booked into the Cois Byrd Detention Center on suspicion of theft and terrorist threats, based on Riverside County jail logs.
Anyone with extra details about the robberies can contact Sgt. J. Hephner of the Sheriff’s Southwest Station at (951) 304–5087.
