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HANFORD, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A antheral was arrested aft allegedly robbing a state presumption successful Hanford connected Tuesday, and present officials are searching for a unfortunate who was robbed astatine the pump anterior to the incident, the city's constabulary section said.
On Sept. 10, officials accidental officers responded to an equipped robbery astatine the Sinclair Gas Station connected Grangeville Boulevard.
According to officials, a state presumption worker told responding officers that a Hispanic antheral entered the store brandishing a firearm and demanded wealth from the currency register.
Police accidental the worker past gave officers the suspect's sanction and a description, telling officers the fishy was a regular astatine the store.
Officials accidental a Hanford Police officer, patrolling adjacent spotted a antheral matching the suspect's statement fleeing the area. The serviceman pursued the fishy connected ft arsenic the fishy attempted to dispose of the firearm by throwing it.
The fishy has been identified by Hanford Police arsenic 18-year-old Erick Gonzalez
According to officials, aft a little pursuit officers apprehended Gonzalez and recovered $700 successful currency stolen during the robbery. The discarded firearm was besides found.
During the investigation, officials accidental officers reviewed surveillance footage and recovered that earlier entering the store Gonzalez had besides robbed an chartless idiosyncratic astatine gunpoint adjacent the state pumps.
The Hanford Police Department is seeking immoderate accusation regarding the unidentified idiosyncratic who was mugged successful the state presumption parking batch astir 10:30 p.m. connected Tuesday.
If anyone has immoderate accusation connected the unidentified victim, they are urged to interaction the Hanford Police Department astatine 559-585-2540.
