DATE/TIME: October 18, 2024 / 8:05 P.M.
INCIDENT: PC211-Robbery
PC182(A)(1)- Conspiracy to Commit a crime
LOCATION: 12000 block of Foothill Blvd, Rancho Cucamonga
SUSPECT(S): Samuel Avalos Lopez, Age 35, Resident of Rialto
Samuel Edward Price, Age 56, Resident of San Bernardino
Pearl Rodriguez, Age 39, Resident of Rancho Cucamonga
VICTIM(S): Food 4 Less
SUMMARY: On Friday, October 18, 2024, at approximately 8:05 p.m., Rancho Cucamonga deputies responded to a call for service reference a robbery. The reporting party called in advising dispatch that two unknown subjects exited the rear of the business with a basket full of merchandise without paying.
Deputies arrived on scene and the suspects were gone. Deputies contacted the reporting party and were informed the suspects threatened the reporting party with a knife before fleeing the location. Deputies were provided a description of the suspects and the vehicle they left the location in. An extensive area check was conducted, and the vehicle was found a short distance from the location.
The suspects were later identified as 56-year-old Samuel Edward Price, a resident of San Bernardino, 35-year-old Samuel Avalos Lopez, a resident of Rialto, and 39-year-old Pearl Rodriguez, a resident of Rancho Cucamonga. Deputies recovered the merchandise and returned it to the owner. The weapon used to commit the crime was recovered and booked into evidence.
Price, Lopez, and Rodriguez were arrested and booked at the West Valley Detention Center for PC 211-Robbery and PC 182(A)(1)- Conspiracy to Commit a crime.
The Rancho Cucamonga Police Department would like to thank the community for their support by reporting what they observed, which resulted in an arrest. If anyone has more information regarding this case, they can be report it anonymously by calling WE-TIP at (800) 78-CRIME or online at www.wetip.com.
Refer: Deputy Erika Garcia
Station: Rancho Cucamonga Sheriff’s Station
Phone No. (909)477-2800
Case No. 112411720
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
