Gun-Toting Rolex Watch Thieves Arrested: Police

SAN LEANDRO, CA — A nasty summertime crime spree involving gunmen robbing East Bay residents of their Rolex watches has ended with two suspects under arrest. The cases included one in San Leandro in which the victim was shot at while children were present.

Larry Ward, 22, of Oakland and Henry Johnson, 23, of Antioch are charged with multiple counts of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon for two robberies in San Leandro, police said Wednesday. The pair were arrested in Oakland last month.

In the first incident, which occurred on Vistagrand Drive in San Leandro's Bay-O-Vista district on July 24, the suspect shot at the victim, according to police.

The second incident occurred on Heather Glenn Drive in the southern part of San Leandro on Sept. 12, police said.

On Tuesday the Alameda County District Attorney's Office charged Ward and Johnson with robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, discharging a firearm and child endangerment crimes, as children were present in both incidents, police said.

San Leandro police spokesman Lt. Isaac Benabou said, "These violent crimes committed in our community, in the presence of children, are unacceptable to our quality of life."

Ward and Johnson, who are being held in Alameda County jail facilities in lieu of $400,000 bail each, were arraigned on Tuesday and are scheduled to return to court on Nov. 16 to enter pleas.

— Bay City News contributed to this report; Image via Renee Schiavone, Patch

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