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PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A weeklong drawstring of knifepoint robberies successful Porterville came to an extremity Tuesday aft a radical of Kentucky Fried Chicken fans helped constabulary way down the suspect.
Police accidental the man, identified arsenic 31-year-old Porterville nonmigratory Leonel Palafox, started the robbery spree successful a Walmart parking batch connected May 12.
At 10:05 p.m., Palafox approached a antheral entering the Walmart connected 1250 W. Henderson Ave. Police accidental helium past demanded the man's wallet astatine knifepoint and fled the area.
The adjacent day, astir 3:30 p.m., constabulary accidental Palafox entered the Pizza Hut connected 393 West Olive Ave. There, helium held up the cashiers astatine knifepoint, and aft emptying their registers, fled.
Less than a week later, connected May 19, officers accidental they were called to different equipped robbery, this clip astatine Kentucky Fried Chicken connected 642 West Olive Ave. Around 11 a.m., constabulary accidental Palafox erstwhile again brandished a weapon astatine 1 of the cashiers - but this time, the cashier was incapable to unfastened the register, truthful helium fled the edifice empty-handed.
He was followed by witnesses who relayed his determination to officers who recovered him moving successful the country of Tomah Avenue and Wisconsin Street. They arrested him little than a artifact distant adjacent Tomah Avenue and Porter Road.
Officers accidental Palafox was booked astatine the TCSO South County Detention Facility connected suspicion of 3 counts of equipped robbery and kidnapping. He is presently being held successful lieu of $100,000 bail.
Anyone with accusation regarding these incidents is urged to interaction the Porterville Police Department astatine 559-782-7400 oregon done their departmental Facebook oregon Instagram page.
