Posted on 11/23/2021 3:00:49 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Costa Mesa police are searching for robbers – at least one with a handgun – who ran onto the patio of the Seasons 52 restaurant at South Coast Plaza at dinnertime, ordered everyone to get down, and then stole a purse before fleeing Monday night.
Witnesses told police three to five people wearing masks and dressed in black clothes entered the patio and told everyone to get on the floor, Fyad said.
A couple of diners dove into a nearby rose bush. Others dropped to the ground and some had scrapes and bruises to show for it, a man later tweeted. The diner, who did not want to be named in a news story, said one victim lost a family heirloom.
The diner, who also did not want to be named, saying he fears for his safety, said he and three friends were enjoying dinner at the restaurant after playing in a charity golf tournament when one of the friends saw two people who looked suspicious.
They were wearing hooded sweatshirts and masks and entered the restaurant patio through a side gate. One of them had a handgun, he said, and he heard, “Get down.” As the suspects continued forward, he and a friend jumped over a wall and into a rose bush.
The person with the gun pointed it at another table, the diner said. He was not sure if the second suspect also had a gun.
“It was really quick, I would say three minutes and then we heard tires screeching (from the lower parking lot),” he said. “Luckily they didn’t fire the gun.”
The incident follows similar high-profile armed robberies in Beverly Hills and on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles earlier this year, where suspects approached outdoor dining areas and robbed customers at gunpoint.
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1 purse? what was in it? Who owned it?
Beware of masked men in banks. Restaurants, too.
I have been there.
Maybe it was a Louis?
If one has to hide …. Use a rose bush ….. the thorns give one full protection
Gee, it seems as if criminals here in California seem to be emboldened or something. I wonder why.
California getting what it wanted: good and hard.
I’m laughing myself silly over that!!
Amen!
I am just a-sittin and a-waitin’ for some talking head on MSNBC. Imagine Joi Reid saying this....
“I think I know who’s to blame for this sudden crime wave in California and other Blue States; do I have to say it? who else?
Donald Trump!
Laugh if you want to, but I think his ‘footsoldiers’ are paying Gangleaders to organize and committ these well orchestrated robberies in order to make BLM and victimized blacks look bad!...and you can quote me on that!!”
Ever since the massacre in Luby’s Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas in 1991, I often wonder how I would react in a similar situation. Assuming I was legally carrying concealed, would I draw my weapon and shoot the closest perp? Would that set off a hail of gunfire? Would me shooting send the gunmen running? It’s a lot to think about. I’m pretty sure I would try to save my family/friends.
... or assuming I wasn’t legally carrying concealed
Went out to eat with my family tonight. I was carrying.
A couple of diners dove into a nearby rose bush.
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Poor choice of shrubbery.
I’m guessing these perps get rolled up pretty quickly. No way LEO in this part of town allow this kind of stuff to get momentum. It will be a full court press with everything they have.
If the crime wave is hitting the high end spots the Beautiful People will start squeeling soon.
They voted for this crap. They need to get it good and hard.
Why assume that, you have a perfectly good knife sitting next to your plate as soon as he's distracted go Sparta.
Ever since I watched High Plains Drifter back in 1973, I always carry when I go to the barber.
I really hope this continues. Nothing is going to change liberal voting patterns until they are sharply hurt financially and physically, as a result of the policies and politicians they vote for. I really hope this ramps up dramatically. Liberal idiots will never see the light until they feel the heat. I hope they are in for some Ghost Pepper.
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