South Pasadena, California — A routine workday turned into a violent ordeal for a married landscaping couple after two suspects allegedly attacked them and stole their work tools at a residential job site, leaving one victim seriously injured and both shaken.
The robbery happened on the afternoon of January 7 while Esteban Vargas and his wife, Linda Huerta, were working at a customer’s home in South Pasadena. What began as a typical landscaping job quickly escalated into a brutal confrontation that disrupted their livelihood and sense of safety.
Thieves Target Truck While Couple Worked
According to a GoFundMe organized to support the family, Vargas was working in the backyard when two men approached the couple’s pickup truck parked nearby and began stealing tools from the vehicle.
Huerta, who was closer to the truck, noticed the theft in progress and attempted to intervene…