Two men from New York and a woman from Rhode Island were in custody, accused of forcibly stealing property from a person involved in an unrelated vehicle crash in Burbank, authorities said Saturday.
The crash and robbery occurred Tuesday about 10:45 p.m. at Third Street and Delaware Road, according to the Burbank Police Department.
When officers arrived, the people involved in the crash told them they had just been robbed, police said. They said they were approached by two men who were not involved in the crash, and who engaged them in conversation before attempting to remove a gold necklace from one by force, resulting in a physical fight, Burbank police said.
The suspects stole one victim’s property and got into a waiting white SUV driven by a woman, police said.
Detectives reviewed surveillance video and utilized technology to identify the SUV, which was located and stopped Friday by deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Walnut Station, police said.
Deputies detained 31-year-old Rhode Island resident Brenda Ramirez Ohlmann and 31-year-old Victor Gabriel Correa De Los Santos and 33-year-old Manuel Milciades Felipe Medina, both from New York, police said.
A vehicle search turned up the property from the Burbank robbery, clothing linked to the incident and additional suspected stolen property.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office charged the three suspects with conspiracy to commit robbery and the robbery itself, both felonies.
Police did not provide any details about the crash, and it was unclear if anyone was hurt as a result.