Crime & Safety

Arrests Made in Spring Street Trolley Station Robbery

Two 17-year-olds from Spring Valley are arrested while at the El Cajon Courthouse.

Two male juveniles from Spring Valley were arrested Thursday in connection with a robbery at the Spring Street trolley station on Feb. 13, according to the La Mesa Police Department.

Police made the arrests at the El Cajon courthouse while the 17-year-old suspects were there on an unrelated matter.

During the late-afternoon robbery at the station's bus bench, the suspects took the victim's cell phone and began fighting with him, inflicting scratches to his neck, according to La Mesa police.

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Both suspects were booked into juvenile hall on robbery charges.


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