3 teens arrested in string of Orange County supermarket burglaries – NBC Los Angeles

Three teenagers were arrested Monday after a series of late-night supermarket robberies, followed by a short chase that ended in the Long Beach area.

Investigators say the group is responsible for at least six supermarket robberies that began more than a week ago. Two of the people in the group remain at large.

Sherri Spiegel, an employee at Circle K in Anaheim, was working overnight when the group rushed in and began jumping on the counter. A large bottle of liquor was thrown at the mirror while other members of the group stole the cash register.

“There was one who stood on the counter and was literal — “He had evil in him,” Spiegel said. “I just ran, I ran into the office, I barricaded myself in the office.”

Spiegel called 9-1-1 from the back office and watched from the surveillance cameras as her car was also stolen. Police said the group attempted another robbery with their car just a mile away.

Spiegel learned her store wasn’t the only one robbed after she spotted several cash registers in the back of the thieves’ getaway car. The same vehicle led Lakewood sheriff’s officers on a chase Monday afternoon that ended in Long Beach.

“People just have to stop, just stop. They are not making this world a better place by doing this crap,” Spiegel said.

The Circle K clerk has gotten her car back and is expected to return to work soon.

The Lakewood Sheriff’s Department said the three people arrested were all teenagers, two 17-year-olds and a 16-year-old. At least two of them have a criminal record.