Home invasion robbery suspect is arrested; 3 others sought

A suspect in a Christmas Eve home invasion robbery at a Hyde Park apartment was arrested Friday as police searched for two other men and a woman who allegedly participated in the crime,

authorities said. The suspects forced their way into the second-story unit in the 2400 block of West 54th Street Wednesday about 7:45 p.m. and herded two women, two teenage girls women and

one infant boy into the bathroom at gunpoint, Los Angeles Police Sgt. James West said. The robbers then took a television set, a videocassette recorder, a video camera and some Christmas

presents, he said. “I saw one guy cussing and carrying a stereo down the staircase real casually,” said a witness who did not want to be identified. ‘ “I figured if it was a crime, there was

a pistol involved, and I didn’t want to get involved.” MORE TO READ