Law enforcement officials on Thursday were asking for the public’s help in identifying the man involved in two separate armed robberies this month.
San Diego County Crime Stoppers was offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information on the man, who’s thought to have robbed a GameStop in Serra Mesa on Dec. 19 and a Subway in Kearny Mesa four days later, according to the organization. The man is also thought to have been spotted at another GameStop on the same day as the Subway robbery.
Around 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 19, the robber entered the GameStop store on Murphy Canyon Road south of Aero Drive, where he lifted his shirt to display a silver revolver in his waistband and demanded money from the register, according to the Crime Stoppers news release. The clerk complied, and the man left the store on foot.
Around 9:20 a.m. on Dec. 23, a man thought to be the same robber entered the GameStop on University Avenue east of 44th Street. An employee recognized the man from the earlier robbery and told another worker to call security. The robber escaped from the store on foot.
The same day, about 11:20 a.m., it’s thought that the same robber entered a Subway restaurant near the intersection of Clairemont Mesa Boulevard and Mercury Street. He “simulated” that he had a gun in his waistband and demanded money from the register. The clerk complied, and the man again escaped on foot.
The robber was described as a Hispanic man in his early 30s, about 5-feet-7 to 5-feet-9 and 180 to 200 pounds. In the first case, he was wearing a white construction hat, construction glasses, a dark-blue or black bandana on his head underneath the hat, black pants and black tennis shoes with white soles, Crime Stoppers said.
During the second and third cases, the robber was wearing an Anaheim Angels baseball cap, sunglasses, a dark-colored shirt, black pants and gray tennis shoes. He was also wearing an orange construction vest in the first and third robberies.
— City News Service
