Authorities have now arrested five people in connection with the brazen street takeover burglary at a Compton bakery in early January, one of which is a minor who has now been connected to other crimes.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna joined Compton city officials to provide details on the arrests, which happened at Ruben’s Bakery back on Jan. 2, when a mob of people from a nearby sideshow used a stolen car to ram the store’s entrance and gain entry before ransacking the property.
“We’re here for community for 48 years and we’ll be here another 48 years,” said Ruben Ramirez Jr., who helps run the bakery with his family.
Ramirez says that the group left more than $40,000 worth of damage to the beloved local bakery, leaving them with extensive cleanup that they’re still trying to recover from.
He was on hand on Tuesday when Sheriff Luna announced the arrests.
On Jan. 12, deputies served a search warrant at a home in Los Angeles where they arrested the driver of the stolen vehicle, a juvenile male, for burglary, felony vandalism, inciting a riot and driving a vehicle without the owner’s consent. He was cited and released to his parents with a later court date for the charges.