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A California judge was ambushed and robbed of his Rolex at gunpoint by three masked males in broad daylight whereas he walked to work final week, police stated.
Alameda County Judge Kevin Murphy had parked his automotive at a parking storage in downtown Oakland Thursday morning and commenced the two-block trek to his workplace within the René C. Davidson Courthouse constructing when the suspects accosted him.
One of the suspects pulled a gun on the judge whereas the others ordered him handy over his Rolex, automotive keys, pockets, and different private objects, according to ABC7.
The value of the objects was not revealed.
The judge was left unscathed and referred to as the police instantly after the thieves fled the scene.
“We are completely happy to report the judge was not injured. The suspects are described as three unknown males carrying masks,” the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
Robberies involving luxurious watches together with Rolex’s have elevated previously a number of months in each California and New York, with lots of the hauls being price hundreds of {dollars}.
Over Memorial Day weekend, 5 thieves stole $2.5 million in luxury watches from a Staten Island retailer, whereas final June, two San Francisco gang members robbed two watches from a gaggle of individuals price about $17,000, according to the East Bay Times.
Later the identical day, on the south aspect of the San Francisco Bay, a person with a historical past of assault convictions, left three dead and three others injured throughout a criminal offense rampage.
Kevin Parkourana, 31, started the violent collection of occasions at round 3:11 p.m. in San Jose, when he allegedly stabbed a person earlier than stealing the sufferer’s automotive and fleeing — hours after Murphy was robbed 40 minutes away.
Parkourana, who was on probation at the time of his rampage, then allegedly stabbed and carjacked a second particular person earlier than working over a pedestrian in a Target car parking zone making an attempt to flee.
Both stabbing victims had been hospitalized with life-threatening accidents, however each had been stabilized at a hospital, whereas the pedestrian was handled for non-life-threatening accidents.
After the primary hit-and-run, Parkourana was seen driving into two extra pedestrians earlier than fleeing to close by Milpitas the place he fatally stabbed one other particular person.
Police arrested Parkourana at a close-by retailer.
He is at present being held on the Santa Clara County jail with out bail and with a court docket look scheduled for June 6, based on inmate data.
