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Two 21-year-old men were arrested on March 6 after allegedly beating a man and stealing his bike in unincorporated Redwood City.
According to San Mateo County prosecutors, a 25-year-old man was exiting a SamTrans bus around 11:45 a.m. near the intersection of El Camino Real and Fifth Avenue when two suspects asked if he was selling the bike he was carrying, which belonged to his brother and is worth about $1,500. When the man said no, the suspects, later identified as Kevin Maay Lugo and Fidel Galeana Delgado, allegedly punched him over 20 times and took his bike.
Nearby witnesses stepped in to help the victim. One witness chased the suspects when they fled with the bike and eventually abandoned it on Fifth Avenue, according to District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. The victim suffered cuts on his arms and legs, and his face was bruised and bloodied.
Deputies located two men matching the description of the attackers near the intersection of Fifth Avenue and the Caltrain tracks and took them to the Atherton Police Station. According to Wagstaffe, both a witness and the victim positively identified Maay Lugo and Galeana Delgado as the assailants.
Prosecutors charged both men with felony second-degree robbery, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison. The pair were arraigned on March 9 and are being held on $50,000 bail, according to court records. Maay Lugo and Galeana Delgado are scheduled for a preliminary hearing at San Mateo County Superior Court in Redwood City on March 20.
