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Uploaded: Thursday, November 1, 2012, 12:02 PM
Drug deal turns to robbery
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by Nick Veronin
Mountain View Voice Staff
A local teenager was arrested after allegedly holding a group of 20-year-olds at gunpoint and robbing them of $600 cash and about four ounces of marijuana in the 500 block of Sylvan Avenue last week, after an attempted drug deal went south, police said.
The three victims -- two men and one woman -- called police at around 5:40 p.m. on Oct. 25 to report they had just been robbed, according to Sgt. Sean Thompson, public information officer for the Mountain View Police Department. During the subsequent investigation, the victims told officers they had met with the robber -- a Mountain View teenager -- with the intent to sell him some pot. However, instead of moving forward with a peaceful transaction, the young man pulled out a silver handgun and made off with the weed and $600, taken collectively from all three victims.
The male victims were from San Jose and Morgan Hill and the woman was from Los Altos, according to Thompson. The victims admitted that they had met the suspect -- who was not named because he was a minor -- in order to sell him marijuana. They told the police that they normally don't sell pot to people they don't know but had decided to meet up with the Mountain View teen after corresponding via text message.
After the victims showed the suspect the marijuana, the suspect pulled out the gun, Thompson said. According to the police report, the 17-year-old did not make any specific demands for money, but the female gave him $300 out of fear and the two men in the car followed suit, handing over their money. In all the suspect made off with a total of $600.
Police later caught the suspect and arrested him on suspicion of robbery, Thompson said.
Despite admitting that they were engaging in the act of selling an illegal substance, the police did not arrest the three 20-year-olds. "You can say you've done stuff all you want," Thompson said, "but if you don't have anything on you we can't arrest you."Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by The Untouchables, a resident of the Cuernavaca neighborhood, on Nov 1, 2012 at 12:52 pm If it were made legal and regulated this sort of crime would go away very quickly.
Ever since prohibition ended, you don't hear about too many "Moonshine" deals gone bad. That said, the kid is obviously a menace. Lock him up.
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Posted by Reina, a resident of the Jackson Park neighborhood, on Nov 1, 2012 at 2:03 pm It's amazing how none of these nice people have names.
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Posted by kman, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood, on Nov 1, 2012 at 3:46 pm This is so funny, right next to this article in the advertisements section is an ad for "harborside health center" which is a Medical Marijuana collective. :)
Lets get this over with and make the this weed legal. The fears people have about this drug are just ignorance. I've known people that smoke the stuff all there lives and yes, they have nice 6 figure jobs. You probably don't know it but your neighbor probably smokes, or the person next to you on a bus.
This war has got to stop, at least for MM. The lives this war has ruined is incredible. The millions of locked up people over this drug is saturating out Jail system.
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Posted by BD, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood, on Nov 1, 2012 at 4:50 pm For those of you racist concerned about the proximity to the day worker center - it is not even remotely close...if you have the ability to comment on this blog via your computer you also have the ability to look at a map. So maybe consider that before you jump to offensive conclusions!
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Posted by Phantom, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood, on Nov 4, 2012 at 8:24 am
Phantom is a member (registered user) of Mountain View Online let me get this straight... 3 drug dealers are going to sell weed to a minor and the minor pulls a gun and robs them. the dealer calls the cops and admits that they are selling drugs and they got rob. but they get to walk away???
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