A teen from Banning was arrested Thursday after robbing three people he had approached under the guise of borrowing a cell phone, according to a Riverside County Sheriff’s news release.
Cedric James Saunders, 18, was booked into the Smith Correctional Facility on suspicion of robbery.
The incident was reported at 3:36 p.m. on Jan. 17 in the 800 block of Minor Street in San Jacinto. Deputies said he approached three people and borrowed a cell phone from one of them.
Sometime during that exchange, deputies said Saunders brandished a knife and robbed them. A second alleged victim also reportedly handed over his cell phone before Saunders then ran off, according to the Sheriff’s report.
Deputies found Saunders a short distance away and arrested him, deputies said.
The case is still under investigation. Deputies ask anyone with information on this incident to call Deputy Perez at the San Jacinto Police Department. (951) 654-2702.
2 minutes ago Federal Government demands release of prisoners in Ca.- Yes that`s right! U.S. Supreme Court ordered massive inmate release to relieve California's crowded prisons? The US Supreme Court Judges demands as follows: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that California must remove tens of thousands of inmates from its prison rolls in the next two years, and state officials vowed to comply, saying they hoped to do so without setting any criminals free. (? which state officials voted for this anyone know? let`s move them to their neighborhoods) Administration officials expressed confidence that their plan to shift low-level offenders to county jails and other facilities, already approved by lawmakers, would ease the persistent crowding that the high court said Monday had caused "needless suffering and death" and amounted to cruel and usual punishment ? needless suffering & death??? HELLO what about the victims?
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