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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Newport Beach went 54% for Biden and 44% for Trump, so yes the majority of voters in Newport Beach are idiot liberals responsible for these horrendous policies.
Alec Baldwin?
Lots of people make their living off being stupid. Look at any media person
Glad to have helped you laugh
“The big crime bosses hire local kids to do the hits on the stores.”
Something like that happened in Richmond, Virginia about 30 years ago. There was a rash of high end car stereos being stolen. Real smash and grab jobs. Using a window breaking tool the thief would smash the car window open, use a hammer to smash the dashboard, cut the wires and run with the stereo.
The cops couldn’t catch anyone for months, even though there were thefts all over Richmond every night.
They finally caught a break when a 14 year old kid showed up at a mans house the day after the mans stereo had been stolen. The kid had snatched a ring of keys from the glove box when he stole the stereo. He offered to sell the man his keys back for $100. While the man was talking to the kid his wife was calling the cops.
The cops were able to flip the kid and busted the whole ring.
The adults were running the operation from an old warehouse. They were paying 13 and 14 year olds pennies on the dollar for the stereos. The crew had been operating for almost a year without being caught.
“You have to wonder when things will hit rock bottom enough where people will elect anti-crime politicians.”
In some parts of the country that will never happen. Look at Detroit, Chicago, Baltimore, etc. California is the same, just on a much larger scale.
Being a liberal means never saying you were wrong.
“What’s Fonzie like, Yolanda?”
I fear you are correct. Thanks for your reply.
I was unaware; thanks for your reply.
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Thank you !
You are welcome. It is most useful for anyone researching a move, among other uses.
Let’s pray for the best but prepare for the worst. The only prudent thing to do.
California is a beautiful state, damned shame what has happened there. The nutjobs here in Virginia want to import the same political landscape. I hope we can hold them off.
Good luck to you, there !
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