Temecula, CA – On December 10, 2023, three men were arrested on suspicion of attempting to rob a jewelry store in Temecula, and two others were later taken into custody after leading deputies on a pursuit from Riverside County to Los Angeles County.
Around 2:40 p.m., five men attempted to rob a jewelry store, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. An employee at the store fired a shot toward the suspects, but no one was struck, the Sheriff’s Department’s media information bureau said.
Three suspects were caught before they could carry out the robbery, sheriff’s department officials said.
Two men fled in a vehicle and led authorities on a pursuit along the 215 Freeway to the 91 Freeway across Orange County and into Los Angeles County and were eventually arrested in Compton after attempting to flee on foot.
Two of the suspects were identified as Kristian Eugene Caldwell and Roosevelt Kahn Jr, both are 20 years old. The other three subjects are minors, and their identities were withheld.
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