Suspects arrested in attempted robbery
Staff Report
GILROY
– Miguel Barajas of Gilroy was arrested Friday morning along
with two juveniles for an attempted robbery Arteaga’s Supermarket
at 6906 Chestnut St. that ended in a store employee getting stabbed
three times by a pocket knife.
Barajas, 37, is being held on charges of robbery, assault with a
deadly weapons, burglary and contributing to the delinquency of a
minor.
The incident began when two teenage suspects entered the store,
grabbed three large bottles of tequila and walked through the exit
without paying.
Four male Arteaga’s employees saw the theft and followed the
suspects to the parking lot. One suspect got in a car and employees
stopped the other before he could open the door. The suspect in the
car began to drive away and the other suspect dropped the tequila
and began to flee north on foot, according to Ron Green, Arteaga’s
manager.
”
One of our guys slammed the car door shut so the other kid
couldn’t get inside and then he just began to run,
”
Green said.
Two of the employees finally caught up to the suspect on foot
near Chestnut and Eighth streets. When confronted, the suspect
pulled a small pocket knife and stabbed one employee twice in the
head and once in the back, Green said.
Suspects arrested in attempted robbery
Staff Report
GILROY – Miguel Barajas of Gilroy was arrested Friday morning along with two juveniles for an attempted robbery Arteaga’s Supermarket at 6906 Chestnut St. that ended in a store employee getting stabbed three times by a pocket knife.
Barajas, 37, is being held on charges of robbery, assault with a deadly weapons, burglary and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
The incident began when two teenage suspects entered the store, grabbed three large bottles of tequila and walked through the exit without paying.
Four male Arteaga’s employees saw the theft and followed the suspects to the parking lot. One suspect got in a car and employees stopped the other before he could open the door. The suspect in the car began to drive away and the other suspect dropped the tequila and began to flee north on foot, according to Ron Green, Arteaga’s manager.
“One of our guys slammed the car door shut so the other kid couldn’t get inside and then he just began to run,” Green said.
Two of the employees finally caught up to the suspect on foot near Chestnut and Eighth streets. When confronted, the suspect pulled a small pocket knife and stabbed one employee twice in the head and once in the back, Green said.
Power out at
mobile home park
GILROY – About 30 units at Wagon Wheel Mobile Village were still without power this morning after a small fire Saturday afternoon during the weekend storm.
“We had a partial power outage,” Manager Roger Patereau said. “It’s just one of those things that happen.”
A main service panel burning out was responsible for the power outage, but Pacific Gas and Electric was able to set up generators to restore power to 90 units of the 120-unit park located at 8282 Murray Ave.
“We energized most of the park by rerouting power,” PG&E spokesman Jeff Smith said. “The electrical panel is the responsibility of the park.”
Patereau said the site’s electrician was fixing the panel and power should be restored by the end of the day.
“We’ll get everyone up by noon today,” he said. “We’re doing everything we can to get people where they need to be.”
Injuries in restaurant accident
GILROY – Four people suffered minor injuries when a car drove into the side of the McDonald’s Restaurant on Leavesley Road near the Gilroy Outlets.
Shuxia Li, 42, of San Mateo, and her three children were treated and released from St. Louise Regional Hospital with minor injuries.
The accident occurred at about 4 p.m. Saturday when Nora Lyons, 74, of San Jose, drove her 1990 Cadillac into the side of the McDonald’s restaurant.
“I think she accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake,” Gilroy Police Cpl. Jason Kadlubosi said. “We were lucky. It could have been a lot worse.”
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