Three people rob senior-care facility in Fullerton at gunpoint
Police in Fullerton are looking for a 2002 Jetta that a group of thieves stole after forcing their way into a senior care home and ransacking the place Thursday night.
The robbery occurred when two caregivers were working, and four seniors in their 90s were resting soundly, inside a home in the 1100 block of West Las Palmas Drive, said Fullerton police Sgt. Jon Radus.
Just after 11 p.m., a woman knocked on the home’s front door and one of the caregivers, assuming it was a late-night delivery, opened it, Radus said.
As soon as she did, two men wearing white masks, one carrying a shotgun and the other holding a black handgun, burst out of the bushes and forced their way in, police said. The men forced the woman onto the ground and put the second caregiver in a closet and barricaded her there, police said.
The four residents slept through the robbery, Radus said.
The trio stole about $450 in cash from the home and made off with one of the caregivers’ cars, a 2002 blue Volkswagen Jetta. Its license plate is 7WFP278.
No arrests have been made, but anyone with information is asked to call detectives at (714) 738-6534.
“The Fullerton Police Department has committed every resource at its disposal to finding those responsible for this egregious crime, a crime that has targeted one of our most vulnerable group of residents,” Radus said in a statement.
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