The $6 Robbery
Big risk for a small gain
David Sutherland
A suspect nets $6 in Riverside County armed robbery.
An armed robber held up 11 customers at a market in Riverside County on Tuesday.
The haul? A whopping $6. That's right, six. With no zeroes. Six bucks from 11 people.
A woman entered the La Chicanita market in the unincorporated town of Thermal about 3 p.m. Tuesday, according to a Riverside County Sheriff's statement. Armed with a semiautomatic pistol, she confronted 10 customers inside the store, demanded cash, and brandished her weapon at another patron who was entering the store.
After shaking the crowd down for a grand total of six bucks, the robber fled the scene in an old two-door car described as "black with white spots," said Herlinda Valenzuela of the sheriff's department.
No one was injured in the robbery.
Bonnie and Clyde take note...
