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HANFORD, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A antheral was arrested Sunday aft robbing idiosyncratic to wage an Amtrak fee, the Hanford Police Department said.
Early Sunday morning, 28-year-old Devon Deyarmond arrived astatine the Amtrak presumption successful Hanford with his bicycle, but helium couldn't spend the interest and left.
Later that morning, astir 8:30 a.m., a antheral astatine the Wells Fargo connected West Seventh Street was approached by a antheral asking for money. He told officers the antheral forcefully took his wallet and fled connected a bicycle.
Officers recovered the wallet conscionable down the thoroughfare adjacent BMO Bank. Cash was the lone happening missing.
About 20 minutes later, an Amtrak Police Officer reported that a antheral had been astatine the presumption earlier successful the morning, visibly upset aft being incapable to spend the interest to transport his bicycle. The Amtrak serviceman said the antheral returned a abbreviated clip later, capable to pay.
Officers accidental they arrived astatine the presumption and questioned the man, Deyarmond. Due to inconsistencies successful his communicative and his abrupt possession of money, helium was brought to the station.
There, the unfortunate identified Deyarmond arsenic the antheral who stole his wallet.
Police accidental Deyarmond tried to flight custody connected his bicycle, but was yet arrested connected suspicion of strong-armed robbery.
