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Uploaded: Saturday, November 7, 2009, 12:59 PM
Updated: Monday, November 9, 2009, 11:15 AM
Police tie incident at BBC with 7-11 robbery
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Menlo Park police arrested three men on Thursday, Nov. 5, in connection with a bottle-throwing incident at the British Bankers Club night club on El Camino Real, and a later robbery at the nearby 7-11 convenience store at Alma Street and Oak Grove Avenue.
Police charged Christian Efrain Gomez, 18, and Mario Navarrette, 21, both of East Palo Alto, and Salvador Gomez, 20, of Menlo Park, with robbery and conspiracy, said Sgt. William A. Dixon of the Menlo Park Police Department.
Other charges included assault with a deadly weapon, and possession of a dirk or dagger, police said.
The situation began with a report from the BBC to police that a patron had thrown a beer bottle at an employee Thursday at about 10:35 p.m., then fled the club on foot with two other patrons.
About 12 minutes later, police learned of the 7-11 robbery of currency and merchandise by three suspects matching the descriptions from the BBC incident, police said.
Menlo Park officers Thomas Crutchfield and Rolando Igno apprehended three men in two Menlo Park locations within five minutes of learning of the robbery. Witnesses identified the three men, and surveillance footage confirmed their identities, police said. The property from the robbery was recovered.
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Posted by Homer Jellins, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on Nov 8, 2009 at 8:25 am The time has come to shut the BBC down as a "Nuisance".
This was done with "Micky's Blue Room" .
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Posted by Sam, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood, on Nov 9, 2009 at 9:34 am How is the BBC a nuisance?
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Posted by Thomas Dells, a resident of the Menlo Park: Menlo Oaks neighborhood, on Nov 9, 2009 at 12:24 pm Way to go Homer. Knee-jerk reaction from a NIMBY.
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Posted by Menlo Park Resd, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on Nov 9, 2009 at 12:26 pm Im sorry, what? A "stupid" person who probably shouldn't even have been at the BBC throws a beer bottle at an employee and you say the BBC should be shut down?? [Portion removed]
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Posted by Joanie, a resident of the Menlo Park: Downtown neighborhood, on Nov 9, 2009 at 1:00 pm Yes, and let's shut down the 7-11 because it got robbed. In fact, let's close down any business that has the temerity to become the site of a crime of any kind.
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Posted by Guest, a resident of another community, on Nov 9, 2009 at 2:24 pm Missing from the article was the fact the persons in the article had been ejected from the BBC and are not welcome to return again.
Although neglected in the past, the focus of the BBC now is quality food, quality cocktails, and quality ambiance. The BBC is a significant asset to the downtown because it helps to draw customers from Palo Alto restaurants and those customers are shared with Keplers, the Guild, Knickerbockers, and the other area restaurants. People often overlook the fact that a healthy downtown is a symbiosis of many businesses. The BBC does advertising in local papers to bring in customers from Menlo Park, Atherton, Palo Alto, and the surrounding communities. Those customers at first may patronize the BBC, but will often later patronize other establishments in the downtown. Customers aren't exclusive and will spread their patronage to other business in the area. It's good. It's healthy.
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