LOS ANGELES (KNX) — Authorities are looking for two suspects wanted in a pair of follow-home armed robberies that happened in December in Los Angeles and Calabasas.
One of the males has been identified by the Los Angeles Police Department as 18-year-old Kenneth Bonds of Los Angeles, while the other has yet to be identified. The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to their arrests.
A third suspect, 31-year-old Jamar Stewart of Los Angeles, was arrested in January and remains in custody on multiple counts of robbery, police said.
The robberies took place on the night of Dec. 11. The first one happened at around 8 p.m. in Downtown L.A., where the trio—traveling in a black Volkswagen Tiguan—entered a parking structure in the 1200 block of South Flower Street.
Surveillance cameras at the location showed the suspects exit the vehicle and followed two victims as they exited their vehicle into the building’s elevator lobby, police said.
As the victims waited for the elevator, two of the suspects stormed the lobby with handguns and demanded the victims’ jewelry, phones and keys, police said. The victims complied to avoid injury, police added.
The two armed suspects then ran out of the lobby, with one entering the front passenger seat of the awaiting Volkswagen, while the other suspect entered the victim’s vehicle, according to police. Both vehicles drove away from the location, though the victim’s vehicle was recovered a short time later, along with his cell phone, police said.
A few hours later, the suspects allegedly attacked a man during a robbery in the 23500 block of Calabasas Road in Calabasas. During the incident, the man was hit over the head with a gun after refusing to give up his property, police said.
A woman who came to the victim’s aid had her purse taken, police added.
Anyone with information about Bonds’ location or the identity of the other suspect is urged to call Det. Alonzo and Det. Mrakich at (213) 486-6840 or email rhdtipline@lapd.online.
Anyone wishing to remain anonymous can call L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
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