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PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The suspects progressive successful a robbery astatine gunpoint during a Snapchat transaction connected Wednesday were named by the constabulary section connected Thursday.
Police identified the suspects successful this lawsuit arsenic 19-year-old Sebastian Delgado and 19-year-old Carlos Luna. Officers accidental a 16-year-old was besides progressive successful the robbery.
On Wednesday, conscionable earlier 10 a.m., officers responded to the 300 artifact of West Morton Avenue regarding an equipped robbery that had conscionable occurred.
Upon arrival, officers contacted the victim, who reported that helium was selling merchandise done Snapchat erstwhile Delgado contacted him to acquisition immoderate of it. The unfortunate and Delgado agreed to conscionable successful the country of Morton Avenue and Palm Street to implicit the sale.
However, soon aft arriving, officers accidental the unfortunate met with Delgado to contiguous him with the merchandise erstwhile 2 different subjects appeared, 1 of them brandishing a handgun, demanding the merchandise. After a abbreviated struggle, the unfortunate fled connected ft and called instrumentality enforcement, reporting that the suspects took astir $3,000 worthy of merchandise.
Throughout the investigation, detectives said they developed credible accusation linking Delgado to the robbery done his connection with the unfortunate connected Snapchat. Additionally, detectives besides developed credible accusation that the suspects emerged from a circumstantial location successful the 300 artifact of West Morton Avenue to perpetrate the robbery.
Detectives past obtained a hunt warrant for the location associated with the suspects. The SWAT Team assisted successful the execution of a hunt warrant for the home, wherever investigators accidental they detained Delgado, Luna, and the 16-year-old.
After uncovering grounds linking the trio to the robbery, investigators accidental each 3 were arrested and accused of robbery and possession of stolen property. Luna and Delgado were besides accused of conspiracy to perpetrate robbery, and officers besides charged Luna with battle with a deadly weapon.
Anyone with accusation regarding this probe is asked to interaction the constabulary section astatine 559-782-7400.
