MP police nab five in strong-armed robbery

Menlo Park police have arrested four juveniles and an adult in connection with a strong-armed robbery of a wallet and possibly a purse from three pedestrians at about 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, near the intersection of Pierce Road and Sevier Avenue in the Belle Haven neighborhood of Menlo Park.

Medics took one of the victims to Stanford Hospital with “non-life threatening injuries,” Officer Steven Knopp of the Menlo Park Police Department said in a statement. That victim had been bleeding from the face but was reported in stable condition.

All five suspects were identified by the victims as being involved in the incident and are in San Mateo County jail on charges of robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, and battery, Mr. Knopp said.

The adult in custody is Dedrick Sevier, 19, of Menlo Park. Three of the juvenile suspects are also residents of Menlo Park; the fourth is an Oakland resident. All five are male.

Two of the victims are from Hayward. One is a juvenile, one is an 18-year-old adult, and information was not available on the third, Sgt. Sharon Kaufman said in a telephone interview.

All the officers on the night shift responded to the scene, Ms. Kaufman said.

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