Burglary and robbery are frequently treated as interchangeable in everyday conversation, but California law treats them as categorically different offenses — with different elements, different penalty structures, and different sentencing consequences. The single most important difference is rarely discussed in published summaries: all robbery is a strike under California’s Three Strikes law, and first-degree burglary…
If you’re looking for a criminal lawyer in Riverside County, California, it’s important to know what types of crimes they can defend you against. Riverside County is one of the largest counties in California with a population of over 2 million people, and it includes cities such as Temecula, Murrieta, Menifee, Winchester and Lake Elsinore….
California Penal Code § 211 makes robbery one of the most serious felony charges in California law. Robbery is never a misdemeanor and never a wobbler. It is always filed as a felony, and it is always classified as both a serious felony under PC § 1192.7(c)(19) and a violent felony under PC § 667.5(c)(9)….
Robbery shows up frequently in the news, under a variety of circumstances. One example is a recent robbery spree involving a fast food venue and a convenience store in Southern California, with a suspect still at large. Another involves the recent arrest of a former dentist suspected of robbing several banks. However, although robbery crops…
Two Riverside County-area men were arrested recently on suspicion of robbery. The men, a 38-year-old Riverside resident and a 25-year-old Fontana resident, are accused of orchestrating a chain of 15 thefts and attempted thefts from ATMs across a three-county area over the past six months. On Friday, Sept. 26, the U.S. Attorney’s Office charged the…
Late last month on July 21, two young men were arrested by the Redlands Police Department in San Bernardino County and booked on robbery charges after officers responded to a series of purse snatchings in the area. According to the Press Enterprise, police stated in a news release that around 12:30 p.m. on July 21,…
A high-profile murder case that recently made the news involves a USC graduate student who died from injuries allegedly sustained during a beating and attempted robbery. So far, four people have been arrested and charged in this case, all of them teenagers. Two of the teenagers are 18 and 19; the other two are juveniles,…
When we hear or read about a robbery that took place, the scenario that most often comes to mind is that of a stranger taking the property of another by force of fear. Although that often happens, it is not always the case. According to news sources, a 22-year-old man was arrested for robbery recently…
The degree to which California has decriminalized marijuana has had many effects, but one of them is that it has made marijuana dispensaries an appealing target for robberies. Would-be thieves think these businesses are ripe for the plucking because they assume they have large amounts of cash and marijuana. Recently, a San Bernardino marijuana dispensary…
A 49-year-old Corona man was arrested in mid-December after allegedly robbing a bank in Redlands. Police believe he is ‘The Buttondown Bandit,’ to whom they attribute five Southern California bank robberies over the past month. According to the Press-Enterprise, the man is believed to have robbed the Pacific Western Bank location in the 200 block…
A 28-year-old Temecula man was arrested Thursday, Dec. 5, on suspicion of robbing the Submarina California Subs in Murrieta. According to The Murrieta Patch, a man walked into the sandwich shop in the 3300 block of Antelope Road around 6:30 on Wednesday, Dec. 4, and demanded cash from employees. It does not seem a weapon…
If you or a loved one is facing criminal charges in Southwest Riverside County, time is critical. Contact the Law Office of Nic Cocis today for a free, no-obligation case evaluation.
