Four additional suspects were arrested Tuesday in connection with the ransacking of a Mexican bakery in Compton after a stolen car backed into the entrance twice, allowing a mob of looters to rush in.
Ruben’s Bakery & Mexican Food suffered nearly $40,000 of damage and lost property in the Jan. 2 burglary, leading Compton Sheriff’s Station investigators to execute a search warrant in Los Angeles on Jan. 12 and arrest a male juvenile believed to be the driver of the stolen white Kia that rammed a gate in front of the store multiple times until it broke, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert G. Luna.
“Once the gate was breached, numerous individuals were observed on camera entering and burglarizing the business,” Luna said at a news conference Tuesday.
The juvenile was also among four suspects arrested Jan. 13 when a sheriff’s deputy walked in on a robbery in progress at a 7-Eleven in Carson and detained four suspects, Luna said.
The suspect is 13 years old, Fox 11 reported, citing information from the sheriff’s department.
The burglary of the store near the intersection of El Segundo Boulevard and Santa Fe Avenue followed a street takeover involving about 100 people, authorities said.
Four other suspects were arrested Tuesday morning in connection with the burglary at Ruben’s Bakery & Mexican Food — Jesse Cuevas, Eloise Muniz, Jalen Hull and Carlos Ponce, authorities said. They were taken into custody on suspicion of burglary and possession of stolen property.
Three of the suspects are in custody while one was cited and released, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.
Anyone with information regarding the street takeover or burglaries was urged to call the Compton Sheriff’s Station at 310-605-6500. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.