Another Craigslist Robbery Hits San Diego

[Pardus]

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A 21-year-old man was robbed of $2,100 while meeting up to buy a MacBook from a seller advertising on Craigslist.

For the second time in less than two months, interested buyers looking to purchase laptops through Craigslist in San Diego County were robbed.

On Thursday night, a 21-year-old man and a friend told police they went to La Mesita Park in La Mesa around 8:30 p.m. to buy two Apple MacBook computers and were robbed of $2,100 by four assailants.

The two men told La Mesa police that upon arrival at the Dallas Street park they spotted two of the suspects sitting in a parked 1996 Honda Accord. When the victim and his friend approached the vehicle, the two suspects got out of the vehicle and one of them brandished a box cutter and demanded cash. At the same time, according to police, two others walked up behind and one of them punched the victim in the face, according to police.

All four suspects fled in the Accord, which police later learned was recently purchased in Tijuana, Mexico.

Police described the suspect with the box cutter as a Hispanic man about 19 years old, 140 pounds, 5 foot 9, with long, dark curly hair and tattoos on his right arm. The second suspect in the car was described as a Hispanic man between 20 and 25, 160 pounds, 5 foot 9, with long, dark curly hair and his left arm full of tattoos. Third and fourth suspects were described only as Hispanic males wearing dark clothing.

Just two months ago on May 11, La Jolla High graduate Garrett Berki was shot to death when he went to the Paradise Hills neighborhood to purchase a $600 computer for sale on Craigslist. Berki, 18, had attempted to follow his assailants after being robbed.

The three teenagers accused of killing the Mesa College student have all pleaded not guilty to murder, robbery and other charges. Rashon Abernathy, Seandell Jones and Shaquille Jordan, all 17, are being prosecuted as adults. They are in custody in lieu of $5 million bail each.

 

[venkman]

Is it that hard to meet in a starbucks or at a bank, so you can withdraw the money on the spot, in broad daylight instead of an empty park at night?

 

[bunnyfubbles]

should always meet somewhere where you're likely to have lots of witnesses

 

[Ns1]

The three teenagers accused of killing the Mesa College student have all pleaded not guilty to murder, robbery and other charges. Rashon Abernathy, Seandell Jones and Shaquille Jordan, all 17, are being prosecuted as adults. They are in custody in lieu of $5 million bail each.

pieces of shit pleaded innocent.

http://www.10news.com/news/27882870/detail.html

When Berki tried to box in the suspect vehicle in a cul-de-sac, Abernathy -- seated behind the driver -- fired one shot through the windshield striking the victim in the chest, Trocha alleged.

Berki died at a hospital.

Trocha said the defendants fled and crashed their car near the crime scene, but were captured in the backyards of homes in the area.

He said the computer supposedly up for sale -- an Apple MacBook Pro -- was recovered, along with an expended .45-caliber shell casing.

 

[Krynj]

See? Buying a Mac is never a good idea.

 

[Chrono]

Hope the three that killed the guy goes to prison and gets 50 years of assraping before death.

 

[Chrono]

BTW, if you think something is too good of a deal... then most likely it's too damn good of a deal. Some people are just too gullible.

 

[Ns1]

BTW, if you think something is too good of a deal... then most likely it's too damn good of a deal. Some people are just too gullible.

2100 for two macbooks is not unreasonable.

2100 for two macbooks at night at a deserted park =LOl

 

[Jeff7]

should always meet somewhere where you're likely to have lots of witnesses

Or maybe some place that allows good sniper coverage.

 

[SAWYER]

There is a woman in my town who has robbed several people of their smartphones