Police Offer $10K Reward In Palo Alto Safeway Robbery

PALO ALTO, CA — Police announced a $10,000 reward Saturday for information leading to the arrest of three suspects accused of committing an armed robbery at a Palo Alto Safeway on Friday.

The three male suspects walked into the Safeway at 12:38 a.m. Friday. One showed a handgun and ordered an employee to drop to the ground, while a second suspect broke the pharmacy's glass door and stole an unknown amount of prescription drugs, according to a police investigation.

A third suspect acted as a lookout near the front of the store, and all three eventually fled in a pickup truck seen driving east on the Oregon Expressway, according to police.

Police are offering the reward based on the seriousness of the crime and the fact that a gun was used, police said. The reward is offered by Mothers Against Murder, a nonprofit based in Los Altos.Anyone with information was asked to call police at 650-329-2413, or send anonymous tips to paloalto@tipnow.org.

Two of the suspects were caught on surveillance video entering the Safeway several hours earlier at 9:44 p.m., taking food items and leaving without paying, police said.

The three suspects were described as Hispanic men in their twenties ranging from 5 feet 7 to 5 feet 9 inches tall. The suspect with the gun wore a grey hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and red sneakers, while the suspect who broke the door wore a yellow hooded sweatshirt with a Tommy Hilfiger logo, dark pants and black shoes, police said. The third suspect wore a red hooded jacket, grey pants and white sneakers.

Their vehicle was described as a full-size red two-door pickup — possibly an early 2000 Ford or Chevrolet.