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Pre-Teen Helped Rob Hotel, Police Say
The Elk Grove Police Department was unable to find the three suspects Saturday night.
A boy about 12 years old was part of a group that robbed an Elk Grove Holiday Inn at gunpoint over the weekend, police say.
According to an Elk Grove Police Department crime log, two males came into the Maritime Drive hotel just after midnight Saturday, while another subject waited outside.
The older male ordered the clerk at gunpoint to empty the cash drawer and lie on the ground, the crime log states.
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After getting all the cash from the hotel, the trio escaped on foot, police say.
The department, which responded and was unable to find the suspects, describe the older suspect as a black male, around 20 years old and standing 5-foot-11 and weighing 140 pounds. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and gloves, with his face covered by a black mask.
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The young boy, who was also wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a black mask, was described as "skinny and short."
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