The crew struck 43 7-Eleven stores plus two Circle K stores in Southern California.
Detectives recently arrested a crew suspected of robbing 45 convenience stores in Los Angeles County of over $250,000 worth of California Lottery Scratcher tickets during a two-month period.
Most of the stores were in Los Angeles, she said, adding other stores were in Torrance, Gardena, Lakewood, Maywood, South Gate, Compton, Inglewood, Bell Gardens, Hawthorne and Huntington Park.The crew threatened to use force in most of the robberies. One of the suspects pretended to have a gun during one heist while one suspect had a knife at another robbery, she said.
The suspects jumped the counter and stole over $3,000 worth of lottery Scratchers, according to a department statement. Detectives arrested three men and a boy and also got back the stolen tickets. The men were booked on suspicion of robbery. They were arraigned Monday, April 15, at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, the statement said.
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