Posted on 08/09/2023 7:51:10 AM PDT by grundle
STOCKTON, Calif. — Days after a viral video showed a would-be thief get beaten by 7-Eleven clerks, Stockton police said they arrested that man after learning he was connected to multiple robberies and other crimes.
The video that many have seen shows a man filling up a trash can full of cigarette packs. At some point, one 7-Eleven clerk pins that man, later identified as 42-year-old Tyrone Frazier, down to the ground while another clerk is seen beating Frazier with what appears to be a wooden pole. Advertisement
The Stockton Police Department said it first learned of that attempted robbery on July 29 after 3:05 a.m. when its officers met Stockton Fire Department personnel at West Market and South Center streets. There, they learned of a man complaining of pain after being hit by a stick who would not disclose how he got hurt.
He was not arrested that night because the police department said it had not known then about his previous robberies at 7-Eleven.
The police department said it later learned that the man was Frazier, who showed up in the viral video and was linked to multiple robberies at the 7-Eleven on Center Street.
According to Stockton police crime logs, the first robbery happened July 28 around 3:40 a.m. The man, believed to be Frazier, went behind the counter and threatened to shoot an employee if he intervened. The person then took several packs of cigarettes and other items in a large garbage bag before leaving.
The second robbery happened hours before the viral beatdown attempted robbery, on July 29 at 12:27 a.m., police logs show. An employee told officers the same person from the first robbery entered and demanded money while making it seem like he had a handgun. That employee did not follow his commands and placed several food items in a garbage bag before leaving.
On Aug. 7, around 11:24 p.m., the police department said it found Frazier at the scene of a reported vandalism in the 100 block of East Weber Avenue, a few blocks away from the 7-Eleven. After arresting Frazier, officers learned of a third robbery that was not reported. Police did not release details on when and where that third robbery was.
The police department said it will forward all of its findings to the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office after it finishes interviews and searching for evidence.
Earlier, the police department said it was investigating possible assault charges as the video shows the clerks clearly restraining the man believed to be Frazier and beating him repeatedly.
On Tuesday, the district attorney's office asserted that it is only investigating the would-be thief shown in the video.
I spent about half an hour yesterday trying to see if the guy had been arrested or even his name after that beat down for attempted robbery. Turns out he was not arrested for that and not publicly identified. Had he been, or had he been at previously reported crimes, maybe he would have been out doing more robberies. A failure of Californian law enforcement.
The Sikh with the shillelagh should get a medal.
Indeed.
Do not mess with Sikhs. In India, they have long fended off both Hindus and Muslims, both of whom try to mess with them.
They have a strong reputation as being fierce soldiers.
.....I can’t breath.....
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“He was not arrested that night because the police department said it had not known then about his previous robberies at 7-Eleven.”
Huh?
“The police department said it will forward all of its findings to the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office”
Where the case might die.
During military officer education, I read an article on an effort to clean up crime in New York City.
The NYC police departments had a policy of ignoring the “small stuff” and concentrating only on “big” crimes. Also, they were more concerned about police corruption than fighting crime. NYC was becoming progressively more unsafe.
One of the crime-fighting initiatives was to crack down on small crime, such as shoplifting. This had the effect of convincing NYC residents that the police were finally doing something to make neighborhoods safer. In addition, a rather surprising result was that people who were arrested on minor charges often had outstanding warrants for more serious crimes. Thus, the crackdown on minor crime led directly to arrests on more serious charges. And NYC became safer as a result.
I believe this happened under mayor Rudy Guiliani. He appointed a new police chief who oversaw the change of direction for the police departments.
The state of California, of course, is going in exactly the opposite direction. By ignoring small crimes, it is allowing (encouraging) criminals to move up to more serious crimes. Why not? Don’t they get away with it? This is just one more reason I did not return to California after retiring.
We had a lot of Sikh families coming to our gym when I taught swimming. One of the sweetest little students I had was a little Sikh boy. He was TERRIFIED of water, but he knew he had to be a man and learn to swim.
He was a good little student, and man was that little dude brave.
Spot On!
It was reported during WWII that Sikhs were well known to be the fiercest knife fighters in the World. The Japanese were very wary of them.
Somebody done took a magic marker and doodled all over that man’s head!
It’s so unfair!
So you get a freebie? I’m sure they knew all about it. But this created a big public outcry (supporting the Sikhs, of course) and even in CA they had enough sense to do something.
Originally they were talking about charging the Sikhs and now they’re not - so this is doubly good news.
It’s so unfair!
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I can see why this creep is so mad, so angry.
If I buzzed out of my drug induced haz only to discover some jerk tattoo artist had drawn a picture of a dick and balls under my right eye - - I’d be pissed AF!
You can hear that entitled criminal saying repeatedly, "There ain't nothing you can do."
Unwarranted confidence there.
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