Robbery Suspects Arrested After Uber Driver Follows Them

An Uber driver was robbed in Hermosa Beach early this morning and authorities arrested three suspects, including one who pointed what looked like a gun at the victim before taking the driver’s money and cell phone, police said.

The driver, a resident of Redondo Beach, was outside his vehicle using his cell phone about 1:20 a.m. in a Vons parking lot at 710 Pier Ave. when a suspect approached, pointed a gun at him and demanded his property, Hermosa Beach police Sgt. Robert Higgins said.

The victim complied and the suspect then fled in a vehicle with two other suspects inside, Higgins said.

“The victim followed the suspect vehicle out of Hermosa Beach into the Lawndale area where he flagged down a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy,” the sergeant said. “The suspect vehicle was stopped and the suspects were arrested. A replica handgun and the victim’s property (were) removed from the suspects’ vehicle.”

Arrested were 19-year-old Los Angeles residents Anthony Mateo and Alexis Stewart and 18-year-old Dwaun Jennings of Pomona, Higgins said.

All three were being held on $100,000 bail, he said.

It was unclear which of the three allegedly pointed the gun at the victim.

City News Service