DATE/TIME: Thursday, December 02, 2021, at 10:28 pm
INCIDENT: Armed Robbery
LOCATION: State Highway 18 and Kasota Road, Town of Apple Valley
SUSPECT(S): 1) Transito Lovo, a 37-year-old resident of Hesperia
2) Jose Mendoza, a 38-year-old resident of Adelanto
3) Rogelio Martinez, a 37-year-old resident of Adelanto
VICTIM(S): Confidential
SUMMARY: On December 02, 2021, at approximately 10:28 pm, Deputy Watson responded to the intersection of State Highway 18 and Kasota Road in the Town of Apple Valley in reference to an armed robbery. Upon investigation, Watson learned that a victim was robbed at gunpoint while attempting to leave his workplace. The suspects fled the area in their vehicle with the victim’s mobile phone, forcing the victim to run to a neighboring business for help.
Deputy Rollins assumed this investigation, through which the three suspects were identified as Transito Lovo, Jose Mendoza, and Rogelio Martinez, all of whom are convicted felons.
As of March 24, 2022, all three suspects have been arrested. Although Transito and Jose are in custody at High Desert Detention Center, Rogelio is currently in custody in Los Angeles County for a separate robbery he is suspected of having committed in the City of Pasadena.
Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact Deputy Rollins or Deputy Watson at the Apple Valley Police Department at (760) 240-7400 or Sheriff’s Dispatch at (760) 956-5001. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463) or you may leave the information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.
Refer: Deputy Rollins
Station: Apple Valley Police Department
Phone No. (760) 240-7400
Case No. 182105466
SHANNON DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
