GT KIDNAPPING AT GUNPOINT... Forced to ATM

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10:33 a.m.: Woman kidnapped at gunpoint, taken to ATMs

By Stacia Glenn, Staff Writer
Article Created: 01/16/2008 10:33:16 AM PST



GRAND TERRACE - Three men kidnapped a woman at gunpoint late Tuesday and forced her to drive them to ATMs in two cities.

The armed men approached her as she stood near her car outside her house and demanded her car keys and ATM card, according to a San Bernardino County sheriff's news release.

They ordered her to withdraw an undisclosed amount of cash from ATM machines in Grand Terrace and Loma Linda before dropping her off in Loma Linda.

The woman was not injured.

The woman's name, age and location where the incident happened is being withheld to protect her identity, sheriff's spokeswoman Jodi Miller said.

All three suspects are Latino males. One is described as being between 21 and 25 years old, 5'8, about 170 pounds, with a large mustache. The second is between 18 and 20, 5'6, about 145 pounds with a light complexion, bald and clean-shaven. The third is also between 18 and 20 years old, 5'11, about 175 pounds. All three were wearing dark clothing.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Kenneth Owens at (909) 387-3545. Anonymous tipsters can call (800) 78-CRIME.

GRAND TERRACE
Man admits to tagging coffeehouse
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More than 80 cans of spray paint were found in the house of a 19-year-old man who admitted to tagging a coffeehouse over the weekend, sheriff's deputies said.

Deputies stopped Garrison Cooper on Saturday morning as he walked across the intersection of Barton Road and Canal Street.
The man was stopped because he fit the description of the tagger, according to a sheriff's news release.

Cooper admitted to spray painting the side of the coffeehouse at Mount Vernon Avenue and Barton Road early Friday, deputies said.

A search of the man's home yielded more than 80 cans of spray paint, liquid paint and markers, according to the news release.

Cooper's moniker was also found at 23 locations in the city.
He was arrested on suspicion of vandalism and booked into West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga in lieu of $25,000 bail.


Suspect in 23 graffiti taggings arrested

A man suspected of painting graffiti at more than 20 locations throughout Grand Terrace was arrested Saturday, officials said.

Garrison Cooper, 19, of Grand Terrace, was spotted near Barton Road and Canal Street by a deputy who noticed that he fit the description of a man suspected of vandalizing a Starbucks business, a San Bernardino County sheriff's news release said.

A search of Cooper's home turned up 80 spray paint cans, liquid paint and markers, the release said. The suspect's graffiti moniker was found at 23 locations in Grand Terrace, the release said, including on a large mural.

--Paul LaRocco plarocco@PE.com

Car hits fire hydrant; F Street floods

A San Bernardino street flooded with about 4 feet of water after a motorist hit a fire hydrant Monday evening, California Highway Patrol officials said .

Sharaya Chapman, 18, of Grand Terrace, was driving north on F Street, north of 41st Street, when she tried to pass a car that had stopped in the street around 4:50 p.m., said Officer Daniel Moloney.

When Chapman tried to pass the car on the left, she realized the driver was turning left into a driveway. Chapman swerved to avoid a collision and ran into the fire hydrant, severing it, Moloney said.

The San Bernardino Municipal Water Department responded to the scene to turn off the water. No homes were damaged and there were no major injuries.

--Julie Farren jfarren@PE.com

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