Palm Springs Homeless Man Robbed in Armed Hold-Up, Police Say
June 27, 2007 03:06 PM
KESQ.com news services
A homeless man hoping for a handout by washing a driver's windshield got a surprise early Wednesday morning as the driver allegedly pulled out a plastic handgun and tried to rob the homeless man, police said.
Police arrested the robbery suspect a short time after the incident.
German Reyes Ramirez, 37, was taken into custody about 2 a.m. after a police officer spotted his vehicle and stopped it in the area of Ramon and El Cielo roads, according to Palm Springs Police Sgt. Mitch Spike.
Ramirez allegedly attempted to rob 41-year-old Dion Clark in the parking lot of Ralphs supermarket, 425 S. Sunrise Way, a short time earlier. When Clark approached Ramirez and asked to wash his windshield for money, the suspect instead allegedly pulled out a handgun and demanded money from the homeless man, Spike said.
Clark ran to a pay phone and called police, Spike said.
He said police recovered a plastic revolver when Ramirez' vehicle was searched by authorities.
Ramirez was arrested for attempted robbery and booked into the Palm Springs Jail in lieu of $25,000 bail.
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