Five suspects, including a 13-year-old, were arrested in connection with a mob takeover and ransacking of a beloved Compton bakery.
Authorities announced the arrests Tuesday after surveillance cameras captured the chaos as around 100 people raided Ruben’s Bakery & Mexican Food on Jan. 2.
The decades-old bakery located at 2701 N. Santa Fe Ave. was destroyed during the takeover and left with tens of thousands of dollars in damage.
One of the suspects, an unidentified 13-year-old boy, was allegedly responsible for ramming the back of a stolen white Kia Soul into the bakery’s front doors.
After smashing the doors in, a large mob of waiting looters ransacked the bakery. The stolen car was later ditched at the scene while video shows the mob rushing through the store and running off with armfuls of items.
The mob left behind $40,000 worth of damage and stolen property. All suspects fled on foot or in vehicles. When deputies arrived, they found a trash bin on fire in the middle of the intersection.