A tip from an anonymous caller led to the arrest of a 28-year-old man suspected in the Feb. 23 armed robbery of a Sears store in Industry, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported Thursday.
When an employee of the Puente Hills Mall store stopped Gerardo Garcia from leaving the business with a pair of boots, he allegedly pointed a pistol at the employee and left the location with the merchandise, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
On Tuesday, shortly after the Sheriff’s Department sent out a request to identify the robbery suspect, an anonymous caller led authorities to arrest Garcia, who was booked at the sheriff’s Industry Station on suspicion of armed robbery.
Garcia was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail.
The firearm Garcia is alleged to have used during the robbery and the boots stolen were recovered, according to the sheriff’s department.
–City News Service