More charges possible against alleged robbers

Alecia Foster

SUNLAND -- More charges may be filed against two men arrested on

suspicion of robbing the La Canada Flintridge Sport Chalet, shooting at a

police officer and committing a home invasion robbery.

Jeffrey Goldstein, 18, and Gary Kanan, 41, have been charged with a

number of crimes including robbery, attempted murder against a peace

officer and theft of property stemming from a crime spree June 28.

“We’re in the midst of trying to connect them to several robberies,”

Det. Rick Jackson said.

Police originally believed the two were connected to a few robberies

that occurred in Los Angeles in the days leading up to the Sport Chalet

heist, Jackson said.

The scope of the police investigation has broadened to include

Northern California and as many as 12 robberies, he said.

The men have not entered pleas to the charges against them. Goldstein

was scheduled to be arraigned July 24 and Kanan on July 10.

Kanan and Goldstein allegedly used a gun to rob the Sport Chalet in La

Canada Flintridge on June 28.

The two fled and were chased by Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s deputies,

who lost the pair in Sunland. There, the men allegedly committed a home

invasion robbery and took the resident’s car,police said.

An LAPD officer spotted the two, who fired at him and fled, police

said.

Kanan was later arrested at Northridge Hospital, where he sought

treatment for a gunshot wound to the groin. Police said he had

accidentally shot himself. Goldstein was arrested near the hospital.