On 5-30-08 at 10:28 PM hours, officers responded
to the intersection of 14th Street and Manhattan
Avenue regarding a robbery with a handgun which
had just occurred.
The Victims stated that approximately three
minutes prior to contacting police dispatch,
they had been walking southbound on the west
sidewalk of the 1400 Block of Manhattan Avenue.
The suspect walked up to them from behind and
nudged the victim with an unidentified object.
The Victims both turned around and looked at the
suspect. The following incident occurred at an
approximately one arm's length distance between
the suspect and the victims. The suspect cocked
a handgun (referring to the back and forth
motion of its slide), pointed the handgun at one
Victim's chest and said, "Give me all your
money." Due to fear for his safety, one Victim
handed the suspect approximately $55.00 dollars.
The suspect also pointed his handgun at the
other victim and asked her for her purse;
however she was not carrying a purse. The
suspect then asked the victims for their
cellular telephones, and allowed both victims to
remove their SIM cards from their cellular
telephones prior to taking them. While removing
their SIM cards, the suspect told the victims to
"Hurry up!" Both victims removed their SIM cards
from their telephones, and one victim also
removed the battery from her telephone. The
suspect then took the telephones and walked away
from the victims heading northbound in the 1400
Block of Manhattan Avenue. The suspect was last
seen near the intersection of 16th Street and
Manhattan Avenue. The victims walked to the
intersection of 14th Street and Manhattan
Avenue, contacted a friend, and used that
friend's cellular telephone to contact police
dispatch. Both victims told HBPD that they gave
the suspect their property because they feared
for their safety.
At 10:38 PM, Officer Faulk (#175) stopped a
vehicle in the 2400 Block of Palm Drive. Both
suspect were detained and later arrested for
robbery after an investigation. The property and
money was recovered. One suspect was a 16 year
old from Los Angeles that was later transported
to juvenile hall and the other suspect was
identified as Michael Morgan, 21 years old from
Los Angeles.
Anyone with information or other victims are
requested to contact the Hermosa Beach detective
bureau at (310) 318-0351.
Tom Thompson, Sergeant
Hermosa Beach Police Department |
