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Santa Ana Police Department

Advisory: SAPD Detectives Request Assistance In Identifying Robbery Suspects

Locations: 1408 N. Main Street, Santa Ana CA 92701 “WSS” Shoe Store

Suspect #1: Male, Hispanic, 25-30, 5’8” – 6’0”, thin build, short black hair, medium complexion, wearing black t-shirt, blue denim jeans & white sneakers. Has tattoo of the letter “M” and the letter “S” on his cheeks.

Suspect #2: Male, Hispanic, 20-30, 5’5” – 5’9”, medium build, short black hair, medium complexion, wearing black t-shirt, blue denim jeans & black Adidas sneakers with white stripes.

WSS Shoe store robbers' car
WSS Shoe store robbers’ car

Vehicle: Early 2000-05, Gray, Lexus, IS 300, 4 door sedan, with a pink license plate holder but no rear license plate.

WSS Shoe Store robbers
WSS Shoe Store robbers

Synopsis: On 01/04/16, both suspects enter the “WSS” shoe store located at 1408 North Main Street and walk around for several minutes. The suspects exit the store and return, parking their vehicle backwards in the handicap parking stall near the store’s front door. The suspects enter the store for the second time where they select three boxes of shoes. The suspects walk past the counter not paying for their shoes and when confronted by store clerk at the exit they threaten to kill the employee if they attempted to stop them. S#1 is seen flashing a gang sign out of the window as they drove away.

WSS Shoe store robber

If you have any information as to the identity of the suspects shown above, please contact Detective D. Aguilar at (714) 245-8443 or Orange County Crime Stoppers 1-855-TIP-OCCS.

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Art Pedroza Editor
Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

By Art Pedroza

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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