Four suspected in Fountain Valley home-invasion robbery arrested in Long Beach

Four suspects in a Fountain Valley home-invasion robbery led officers on a pursuit that ended in Long Beach before they were arrested Tuesday.

The break-in was reported at 2:48 a.m. Tuesday on the 1700 block of Santa Suzanne Street, Fountain Valley police said in a news release issued Wednesday. The robbers allegedly assaulted a resident and stole two cars along with additional property.

The victim was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.

One of the victim’s vehicles was later spotted several minutes later by a Huntington Beach police officer, Fountain Valley police Sgt. Bill Hughes said. Its driver took off when authorities tried to stop it, according to the news release.

Officers pursued the vehicle for about 10 minutes, Hughes said, into Long Beach. The suspects abandoned the vehicle on East Via Carmelitos, south of East Via Barola and tried to run away, but police were able to take them into custody a short time later.

The suspects in the robbery and pursuit were identified by Fountain Valley police as Long Beach Residents Antonio Brown, 26, Andrew Estrada, 22, Prince Jones, 22, and Los Angeles resident Dreonte York, 28. Each were booked into the Orange County Jail and held in lieu of $1-million bail as of Thursday.

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