CHULA VISTA – Two men wearing ski masks and carrying a baseball bat barged into a home in the Eastlake area Monday and robbed a family as it was eating lunch.
The intruders threatened to hit the family with the bat, then doused a male resident and his parents with pepper spray.
The attack occurred about 12:30 p.m. at the house on Huntington Point Road near Rock Terrace Place.
The robbers took an undisclosed amount of money from an upstairs bedroom and ran, said Bernard Gonzales, a police spokesman here.
– Mark Arner
Robbers assail
security guards
CHULA VISTA – Five men beat and robbed three private security guards shortly after 1 a.m. Monday in a Costco parking lot, police said.
The robbery was reported on Broadway near Naples Street.
Bernard Gonzales, a police spokesman here, said the robbers took a wallet with about $100 from one guard.
The assailants drove off in a dark-colored sports utility vehicle.
The three guards were later treated for minor injuries.
– Mark Arner
Two men escape
with $2,000 in heist
CHULA VISTA – Police are looking for two men in black clothing who robbed a taco shop here at gunpoint around 9:30 Saturday night.
One of them pulled out a handgun and demanded money from a server at the Los Taquitos Taco Shop on Third Avenue near Main Street.
A clerk handed about $2,000 to one of the robbers, who stuffed it into his sweat shirt. Witnesses said the robbers were last seen running east on Zenith Street.
– Mark Arner
