Thieves are stealing ATMs and robbing taco truck workers in the Valley. Police ask for help
LA TimesThieves in the San Fernando Valley have been yanking ATMs out of liquor stores and emptying the pockets of taco truck workers over the last three months, and police believe there may be additional victims or suspects. In the case of the snatched ATMs, Police Lt. Samer Issa said four suspects were recently arrested in a series of robberies and burglaries that removed the machines with brute force at liquor stores in the Mission Hills and West Valley area. On the same day that the four suspects were taken into custody, Los Angeles Police Department investigators were also making an arrest in another case in the Valley involving several armed robberies of taco truck businesses and a 7-Eleven convenience store. Castillo said the suspect targeted taco trucks in North Hollywood, Foothill, Mission Hills and the Van Nuys area, where at least one of the robberies included the 7-Eleven. During a search warrant in the Mission Hills area on Oct. 16, he said, police investigators arrested Jesus Garcia-Sotelo, 27, in connection with the armed robberies.
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