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Rancho Santa Margarita, CA – Law enforcement seeks help
identifying additional potential robbery victims of Joshua Benbrook, arrested
for a series of robberies in Irvine and Fullerton.
According to announcement by the City of Irvine, at
approximately 6:20 pm on May 23, 2016, a UCI student was walking across the
Watson Bridge on campus and was contacted by Benbrook, who implied he was
armed. Benbrook instructed the student
to walk to a nearby ATM to withdraw cash.
Benbrook fled the scene on foot.
A few minutes later, Benbrook approached a male victim
outside a restaurant on the UCI campus. Benbrook
demanded money and threatened to harm the victim if he did not comply. The victim enter the restaurant with Benbrook
behind him, shouting at the victim from the doorway. Benbrook fled the scene without any money.
Approximately five minutes later, a motorist was waiting for
a tow truck in the area of Culver Drive
and University Drive. Benbrook pulled up
behind the disabled car and brandished a firearm from the glove box. Benbrook
stole the victim’s wallet and cell phone and fled the scene.
As UCI issued a campus alert and Irvine Police Department
(IPD) began to investigate these
incidents, it was determined that the Fullerton
Police Department was investigating a similar robbery in Fullerton
ON March 6, 2016 at approximately 2:50 am, Benbrook entered
a convenience store in the 2700 block of West Orangethorp Ave. He brandished a firearm and robbed the teller
of food items and money, Benbrook was arrested by IPD leaving his home in
Irvine May 24, 2016.
As the investigation is ongoing, the public is asked to call
the FPD Detective Veronica Gardea at 714-738-6728, IPD Detective Victoria
Hurtado or UCIPD Detective Sergeant Charles Chon at 949-824-5223 with
additional information or who may have been a victim.
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