{"id":99892,"date":"2022-10-03T05:50:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T04:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=99892"},"modified":"2022-10-03T05:50:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T04:50:33","slug":"nigerian-with-68-armed-robbery-records-in-us-nabbed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigerian-with-68-armed-robbery-records-in-us-nabbed\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian with 68 armed robbery records in US nabbed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has arrested a 26-year-old Nigerian serial robber, Charles Chukwuma Onwuemelie popularly known as the \u201cBlue Cloth Bandit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LAPD allegedly accused Onwuemelie, who was arrested on Wednesday, of 68 armed robberies that have gone down in the LA area since October 2021.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nAccording to Fox News, Onwuemelie was dubbed \u201cBlue Cloth Bandit\u201d by LAPD in its press statement because he allegedly \u201cused a blue cloth to cover the handgun used in the robberies that occurred at gas stations, 7-11s and Walmarts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect would conceal himself by wearing different hats, a face mask, and rubber gloves. The same vehicle was used in many of the robberies, and the same suspect was linked to the robberies based on several factors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blue Cloth Bandit\u2019s last attempt happened on September 23, when detectives devised a strategy to use surveillance and serve a search warrant.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Surveillance footage released by the LAPD disclosed that the suspect appeared to acquire items at a store before he revealed his gun enclosed by a blue cloth.<\/p>\n<p>He was also seen in the video wearing blue gloves and a hat that hid his face.<\/p>\n<p>Police retrieved a firearm and other evidence from the scene of Onwuemelie\u2019s latest alleged robbery linking him to the crime.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect has been charged with 16 counts of a robbery that allegedly occurred within LA city limits, though officials expect the Los Angeles Sheriff\u2019s Department to file additional charges for various other robberies that seemingly occurred within the county.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has arrested a 26-year-old Nigerian serial robber, Charles Chukwuma Onwuemelie popularly known as the \u201cBlue Cloth Bandit.\u201d LAPD allegedly accused Onwuemelie, who was arrested&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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