{"id":118799,"date":"2018-03-06T22:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T03:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=118799"},"modified":"2018-03-06T18:48:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T23:48:12","slug":"da-20-year-old-posed-as-a-police-officer-to-steal-from-suspected-illegal-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/da-20-year-old-posed-as-a-police-officer-to-steal-from-suspected-illegal-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"DA: 20-Year-Old Posed as a Police Officer to Steal From Suspected Illegal Immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"
LOS ANGELES — A 20-year-old man pleaded not guilty today with posing as a police officer to threaten and steal from immigrants in the Pomona area.<\/p>\n
Andres Sanchez, of Ontario, has been charged with ten felony counts in case KA117006: five counts of false imprisonment by violence, three counts of second-degree robbery and two counts of attempted second-degree robbery.<\/p>\n
The felony complaint includes a special allegation that the defendant impersonated a peace officer during the alleged crimes. Additionally, the charging document alleges Sanchez personally used a firearm during one of the incidents.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, the felony complaint states that when the alleged crimes were committed, the defendant was either released from custody on bail or on his own recognizance in another case.<\/p>\n
Sanchez was scheduled to be arraigned today, but the court appearance was continued to Jan. 3 in Department F of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Pomona Branch.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors said between Dec. 7 and Dec. 21, Sanchez allegedly dressed himself in a law enforcement uniform, drove in an unmarked vehicle and pulled over drivers he believed were immigrants.<\/p>\n
Sanchez then reportedly threatened deportation if the drivers did not hand over money, jewelry or cell phones, prosecutors added. Following a tip from a concerned citizen, Sanchez was apprehended on Dec. 21.<\/p>\n
If convicted as charged, the defendant faces a maximum possible sentence of 25 years and four months in state prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LOS ANGELES — A 20-year-old man pleaded not guilty today with posing as a police officer to threaten and steal from immigrants in the Pomona area. Andres Sanchez, of Ontario, has been charged with ten felony counts in case KA117006: five counts of false imprisonment by violence, three counts of second-degree robbery and two counts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5409,"featured_media":61404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n