■ A woman was held at gunpoint in her underground parking garage on 17th Street. On Friday, June 7, the victim pulled into the underground parking garage of her apartment at 9:20 p.m., got out of her car and was approached by a man already in the garage. The man showed a handgun and demanded the woman’s money.
The suspect took $150 in cash from the woman’s purse and two of her rings. He then fled on foot. He is described as a black man in his 30s, about 6’ tall, wearing a black bandana, a black jacket and light green pants.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 19, 2002. Read the original PDF.