A fifth suspect has been arrested and charged in a series of armed robberies in the South Bay, police said Tuesday.
Raybon Johnson, 18, was arrested Thursday by El Segundo police as he left a Los Angeles County courthouse on an unrelated criminal case, according to the El Segundo Police Department.
After obtaining a search warrant for Johnson’s Inglewood residence, police allegedly recovered several pieces of evidence, including a mask they say that was used by Johnson during a robbery, the alleged getaway vehicle and a flat-screen TV police believe he purchased with stolen credit cards obtained in the robbery.
Earlier this month, police announced the arrest of four suspects, two of whom are 18 years old and two of whom are 17. They were arrested July 26 for allegedly robbing donut shops in the El Segundo and South Bay areas.
Those four were charged with multiple counts, including suspicion of robbery, felony evading, possession of a ghost gun and possession of stolen property, with additional charges pending, police said.
The 18-year-olds were identified as Markhi Toles and Joshua Charles, both of Los Angeles. The minors were not identified.
On Friday, police presented the case against Johnson to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, which filed charges of robbery, unauthorized use of personal information and false imprisonment.
El Segundo police detectives, along with allied agencies, were able to follow several leads with the assistance of surveillance and discovered that the suspects responsible for the robberies in El Segundo and were also responsible for committing various armed robberies in cities within the region, police said.
Further surveillance led authorities to locate a vehicle presumed to be occupied by the first four suspects. Authorities attempted to conduct a traffic stop but the motorist allegedly failed to stop, prompting a police pursuit.
According to the police department, additional resources from the California Highway Patrol, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the Riverside Police Department were requested during the pursuit, and the four suspects were arrested.
Following the arrests, detectives executed a search warrant at the suspects’ residences and allegedly discovered multiple replica handguns, ski masks, stolen lottery tickets and a stolen vehicle that connected the four suspects to the robberies, police said.
Anyone with information regarding the armed robberies or the suspects was urged to contact Detective Anthony Sanchez at 310-524-2263 or asanchez@elsegundo.org.