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Hard Times: Man Goes to Jail For Robbing Gas Station Patron of $1 With an Airsoft Gun
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Paging Victor Hugo: a man in Desert Hot Springs is behind bars after robbing a gas station patron of $1 with an airsoft gun.For that, Baltazar Juarez Sanchez, 51, was arrested on suspicion of armed robbery, resisting arrest and having a parolee-at-large warrant, according to CBS Los Angeles.
"(He) demanded money from the victim while exposing the handle of a handgun he had concealed in the waistband of his pants. The victim gave him one dollar," Desert Hot Springs police Sgt. Brian Link told CBS.
Officers caught up with Sanchez and chased him on foot before arresting him. He's being held without bail at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning.
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