Authorities said the 21-year-old targeted victims in parking lots in at least three armed robberies and one attempted armed robbery.
Authorities said Oshae Pollard, 21, targeted victims in parking lots in a series of crimes -- at least three armed robberies and one attempted armed robbery, federal prosecutors allege.A South Los Angeles man was taken into custody Thursday in connection with a series of violent armed robberies in parking lots in Los Angeles and Orange counties, including a heist in which he allegedly shot a victim twice outside the South Coast Plaza shopping mall.
From Aug. 25 to Sept. 22, Pollard targeted victims in parking lots in Southern California in a series of crimes -- at least three armed robberies and one attempted armed robbery, federal prosecutors allege.The first robbery occurred on the night of Aug. 25 at the Hustler Casino parking lot in Gardena, where Pollard ran toward a woman and pushed her to the ground, court papers allege.
The U.S. Attorney's Office also alleges that during the early morning of Aug. 26, Pollard and an accomplice robbed a taxi driver sitting inside his cab in the parking lot of a Winchell's Donut House in Carson, struck the victim in the face, entered his car, and held the victim at gunpoint until he handed them his wallet and Samsung cellphone.
When the victim didn't comply, Pollard allegedly shot the victim in the left hand, then pointed his pistol at the victim's chest and said, "You're a dead man,'' prosecutors said.
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