Earlier this month, police officers responded to a report of a man being assaulted after arranging to sell a $14,000 Rolex via an online marketplace, according to the Costa Mesa Police Department.
The victim had met two suspects and during the transaction, one suspect grabbed the victim’s backpack containing the watch. When the victim resisted, both suspects assaulted him, stole the backpack, and fled in their car.
The Irvine Police Department later located the suspect vehicle and initiated a pursuit, which ended in another city where the car was found unoccupied…