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Uploaded: Thursday, February 28, 2013, 9:31 AM
Two arrested for December armed robbery in Midtown
Alleged robbers, ages 16 and 18, are same pair arrested for California Avenue carjacking
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 | Two young men arrested for a Jan. 5 carjacking on California Avenue have been arrested again for armed robbery of Century Liquors in Midtown that occurred a week earlier.
The first suspect, 18-year-old Amador Valentin Rivera of East Palo Alto, has been in the Santa Clara County Main Jail since his arrest for the carjacking.
An investigation of the Dec. 29 liquor store robbery led police again to Rivera. They served him a warrant for the robbery Monday, Feb. 25, at the jail.
The second suspect, a 16-year-old juvenile who splits his time between homes in Oakland and Menlo Park, had been released after his booking for carjacking.
He was re-arrested Friday, Feb. 15, at his school in Oakland and taken to Santa Clara County Juvenile Hall.
The two allegedly robbed Century Liquors on Middlefield Road at gunpoint on Dec. 29 about 7:55 p.m., escaping with cash and about $230 worth of alcohol, police said. No one was injured.
A week later, Saturday, Jan. 5 at about 9:40 p.m., they were arrested after allegedly committing a carjacking using a realistic-looking BB gun near the intersection of California Avenue and Park Boulevard. The victim, a Palo Alto woman in her 30s, complied with the gunman by stepping out of her car and was not injured.
Palo Alto police said they are still investigating a series of six street robberies – five of them downtown – dating back to Dec. 2. They said it is not known whether Rivera or the juvenile were involved with any of those crimes.
They ask people with information about any of the incidents to contact the 24-hour dispatch center at 650 329-2413. Anonymous tips can be emailed to paloalto@tipnow.org or sent by text or voice mail to 650 383-8984.— Chris Kenrick Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by good job, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Feb 28, 2013 at 10:06 am Good job PAPD.
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Posted by Gethin, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Feb 28, 2013 at 10:21 am Excellent job by PAPD
Get them off the streets and keep them off the streets!
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Posted by Chrisc, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood, on Feb 28, 2013 at 10:23 am At least they haven't hurt anybody--physically. I hope some program of rehabilitation might stop escalation. Maybe thee 's hope for them--and us.
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Posted by danos, a resident of another community, on Feb 28, 2013 at 10:34 am Only hope for us is that they remain locked up, or are otherwise permanently removed from society.
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Posted by moi, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Feb 28, 2013 at 10:57 am Editor --
Not sure my lead would have been that "two young men" were arrested when, in a subsequent paragraph, you identify the younger suspect as a "16-year-old juvenile."
A juvenile is a juvenile. A juvenile is not, in the eyes of the law, a young man.
Any 16-year-old still has a lot to learn. Surely we all hope that this one will make a better life for himself.
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Posted by anon, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Feb 28, 2013 at 11:13 am Carjacking?! Wow,I missed that in the news. How terrifying. What time of day did that happen? Anyway, thank you PA police.
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Posted by Steve C, a resident of Menlo Park, on Feb 28, 2013 at 11:30 am So Danos, we'll have to assume you are ok with picking up the tab for permanent incarceration as opposed to any attempt at rehabilitation right?
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Posted by Abe Mitchell, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood, on Feb 28, 2013 at 11:49 am Keep the little hoods locked up, best establishment for them>
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Posted by danos, a resident of another community, on Feb 28, 2013 at 1:00 pm Steve - Better to pay to incarcerate armed criminals than have them out committing violent crimes.
Personally, I don't believe it is possible to rehabilitate someone who engages in violent crimes. Forget the "kid" part - by the time you're about 6 years old, you pretty much know that it's not OK to point guns at people and steal their belongings.
The only way to deal with such criminals is to remove them from society.
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Posted by jerry99, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood, on Feb 28, 2013 at 3:15 pm Armed robbery- try the 16 year old as an adult and keep him locked up until the trial. Enough of this left wing justice letting him out to commit more crimes.
And they have not hurt anybody- YET.
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Posted by roj, a resident of another community, on Mar 1, 2013 at 6:18 am Many crimes are commited by juviniles because they know they wont do much jail time, even if they shoot someone. The older gangsters have these minors do these crimes for them. They should be punished much harder then they are currently being. Sometimes they just get released to their parents who don't give a %^$# and are back on the streets to commit more crimes.
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Posted by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood, on Mar 1, 2013 at 9:23 am I think the residents and police officers of Santa Cruz have something to say about releasing career criminals back into our midst.
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