Crime & Safety
2 Arrested For Robbery At SMC Mall After Snatching Gold Chain: Police
An 18-year-old briefly ran from officers before he was arrested after police tracked the suspects to a nearby shopping center.
SAN MATEO, CA — Two East Bay men were arrested Thursday after allegedly robbing a person of a gold chain and pendant at Hillsdale Mall before fleeing in a car, San Mateo police said.
Officers said they responded around 5:25 p.m. Thursday to the mall after receiving a report of a robbery that had just occurred.
Police said two suspects forcibly ripped a gold chain and pendant from the victim's neck before driving away in a '90s red Subaru Outback.
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Officers said they located the Subaru a short time later in the Bridgepointe Shopping Center parking lot.
Police said officers found two men matching the suspects' descriptions standing near the vehicle.
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Damien Daniels, 19, of San Leandro, was taken into custody without incident. The second suspect, Terrance Barnes, 18, of San Lorenzo, briefly ran from officers through a nearby office campus and into a large apartment complex before he was arrested, police said.
Both men were booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility on suspicion of first-degree robbery and conspiracy, police said. Barnes was also booked on suspicion of resisting a peace officer, officials said.
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