Last Updated on January 15, 2023 by CCAR Staff
An Uber driver robbed at gunpoint in Hermosa Beach followed the gunman’s getaway car and pointed it out to a sheriff’s deputy, who arrested three suspects, police said Friday.
The crime occurred about 1:20 a.m. Thursday as the Uber driver stood next to his car talking on his smartphone in the Vons parking lot at 710 Pier Ave., police said.
A man approached him, pointed a gun at him and demanded the phone. The driver complied, and watched the man get into a car occupied by two other people.
The victim followed the car into Lawndale and flagged down a sheriff’s deputy, who pulled the car over and arrested two men and a woman. A fake handgun and the victim’s cellphone were recovered.
Arrested on suspicion of robbery were Anthony Mateo, 19, of Los Angeles; Alexis Stewart, 19, of Los Angeles; and Dwaun Jennings, 18, of Pomona.
Each was held on $100,000 bail.
— Larry Altman
