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Petaluma Police Department
Friday January 28th, 2022 :: 02:05 p.m. PST

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Robbery suspect arrested

Issued By:
Sgt. Aaron Garihan, Petaluma PD, 707.778.4415, email: [email protected]

 
 
Incident:                        *Update*Robbery at Sally Beauty Supply
Report Number:            22-0274
Occurred Date :            January 21, 2022
Occurred Time:             5:58 PM
Location:                      100 block of North McDowell Blvd, Petaluma
Suspect:                      *Arrested* Richard Lowrey, 47-year-old,                                              unsheltered
 
Incident Summary:
 
On Friday, January 21, 2022, PPD officers were dispatched to a robbery that had just occurred at Sally Beauty Supply on North McDowell Blvd.  Officers arrived within minutes and checked the area but were unable to locate a suspect.
 
Detectives took over the investigation and continued to identify possible witnesses and investigative leads.  Detectives identified Richard Lowrey as the suspect.  It is alleged that Lowrey entered the beauty supply store and held the clerk at knife point demanding they open the cash register. Lowrey fled the store with an undisclosed amount of cash.
 
On Friday, January 28, 2022, detectives located Lowrey in the 400 block of Stony Point Road in Santa Rosa and took him into custody.
 
Lowrey is currently on active parole from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Lowrey was booked into Sonoma County Jail on the charges of robbery and for violating the terms of his parole.
 
If anyone witnessed this incident or has any information about this crime, please contact Detective Joerger at 707-778-4456.    

 

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Petaluma Police Department
969 Petaluma Blvd N
Petaluma, CA 94952

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