December 28, 2011 at approximately 6:00PM Baltazar Sanchez a resident of Desert Hot Springs was arrested for armed robbery, resisting arrest and a parolee at large warrant. Baltazar approached a customer of the AM/PM gas station who was in the process of pumping gas and demanded money from the victim while exposing the handle of a handgun he had concealed in the waistband of his pants. The victim gave Baltazar one dollar.
Shortly after the robbery, officers located Baltazar a short distance away from the AM/PM. Baltazar fled on foot from the officers. During the foot chase Baltazar discarded a handgun (later determined to be a replica air soft pistol). Baltazar was eventually caught and later booked into the Riverside County Sheriff’s Larry Smith Correctional Facility in Banning.
For more info, please call
Desert Hot Springs Police Department or Police Sergeant Brian Link at 760.329.6411.
