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Armed Robbery

April 10, 2008

TYPE OF INCIDENT: Armed Robbery  
 
 
DATE AND TIME OCCURRED: April 10, 2008; 0221 hours  
 
 
LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE: 700 Avocado Blvd. El Cajon  
 
 
BUSINESS NAME: Thrifty Gas  
 
 
SUSPECT: Joseph Lee McDonald 23 years. 
Dizear Beck 25 years. 
Rashad Marquis McDonald 19 years.  
 
 
SUSPECT DESCRIPTION:  
 
 
RESUME OF INCIDENT:  
 
Two of the suspects entered the Thrifty Gas station at 700 
Avocado in El Cajon. They displayed handguns and demanded 
the cash from the register. After the clerk gave them the 
money, they fled the store to a waiting car, driven by the 
third suspect. Sgt. Zmijewski was in the area when the 
call of the robbery was dispatched. He saw a vehicle 
leaving the area at a high rate of speed. He caught up to 
the vehicle and made a traffic stop. The driver ran from 
the car. The other two suspects were arrested before they 
could run. The driver was later arrested a short distance 
away.  
 
 
PREPARED BY: Lt. M. Coit  
DIVISION: Patrol  
DATE AND TIME: 4/10/08; 1000hours  
REVIEWED BY: Lt. J. Redman  
 
Pat Sprecco, Chief Of Police