LANCASTER – Sheriff’s detectives are investigating an armed robbery of a Lancaster pawn shop late Tuesday afternoon.
Shortly after 5 p.m., three black males in their 20s dressed in dark clothing allegedly robbed Superior Pawn Shop at 1233 West Avenue I in Lancaster, according to Lancaster Station spokesman Michael Rust.
“At least one of them was armed with a handgun,” Rust said. “They stole an undetermined amount of jewelry, cash, and a few weapons.”
Rust said the crime is being investigated by detectives from the Lancaster Station as well as the department’s Operation Safe Streets Bureau.
Officials are asking anyone with information on this incident to contact the Lancaster Station at 661-948-8466. If you would like to provide information anonymously you can do so by calling Crimestoppers at 800-222-8477.
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unknown says
has anyone tred to suethem yet for ther loss propertys am takng them to small claims
Gloria says
CHECK THIS OUT….COME TO PAY MY INTEREST TODAY AND I BARELY JUST FOUND OUT MY JEWELRY WAS STOLEN. THERE WAS ONE ITEM THAT WAS SENTIMENTAL TO ME. IM GLAD NO ONE WAS HURT, BUT IM ANNOYED BY THE FACT THAT NO ONE CALLED OR SENT ME A LETTER TO NOTIFY ME. THIS HAPPENED 2 1/2 MONTHS AGO!!!! THATS NOT GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE. I WILL NEVER EVER GO THERE AGAIN. THEY LOST A CUSTOMER BY NOT BEING CONSIDERATE. THEY OFFERED STORE CREDIT BUT HAVE NO JEWELRY FOR ME TO SPEND IT….. UNBELIEVABLE!!!
erica hernandez says
h same thng happend to me to here i was stressing about how i am going to get the money to at least pay interest on it even called them ither day t see when my due date was abecause had wanted to pya my nterste and he told me 26.oo i asked hm if thse were the only jewelery had in there and he sad well your gona have to come in and talk to me aout that never mentoned oh hey by the way we no longerhave your jewelery becuase we wwree robbed alnost 4 months ago so whats even more [removed] upi go to pay my intrest today and they stull playing it cool uand looked as f had i wnt n just to say want to oay nterst they would have just let me paid it without even tellng me but becuase asked how much totwal to take my jewlery out s when he said i need to talk to you we no longer have your jewlwery unbelieveablr i had my wedding ring n there my frst engagement rng and mothers necklc that had mom chamr on t from my husband an dkids for mothers day and all gone total value waa at least 1000 and they had ever to stll try and tellme i am still oblogated to pay for my lloan bu6t if i pay t in fullt oday he wll give me 400 store credite techncally 200 bcause my loan was for 200 r if choe to pay nterest only they would nky give me 200 store credit and i still have to pay my loan can you believe that dont thnk so and thne tells me when i asked why the hell was i not contacted about this at all this happene un june AND IM BALRY FNDNG OUT NOW AND NOT BECASUE THYE TOOK TME TO CONTACT US BUT BECAUSE U HAD T WALKED IN TO Py intersst he told me we are not oblgated to cntact anyone f we dtn want to also befcause ts stll under nvestgaton and so baslucly they are telling me they are not responable for my jewlerey or my loan yet they had my jewlr nto my fault they were robbed an dyet they are tryng to tell me still have to pay back loan when my jewlery was well over worth 160 for oa and their unsurance is paying them for all the anoutnd of eveyrons loan so basicly they r tryng to cme uo n insurance paymenr and payments from customers when that s our jelery and we r the vctims dont thnk so im gettng an attorny and im going to sur there asses for the fulla moutn on what my jelewry was wotth those are my wedding rings orth alot of money wouldnt dount t f they robbed themselfs very disappointed n them i was a good customer for many years never agan wll i eve trust them wth my jelewry or anything oersonal belongings agan im takng all my bussness to ticks pawn hel gona try not to pawn anythgn else that was all my jelwerey had
Stacy Marv says
In my 30 years I recovered over $30.000 of stolen gold which was confiscated by Police dept. for evidence. There was the case when Miss Irma came regulary to pawn or sell gold and it was OK. Her boyfriend introduced her to his mother and they like each other. On one day her boyfriend the future husband called me that his mother is sending Irma to pawn her gold worth over 13.000 and she need only 3000 loan. It looks OK so I loan 3000 on 13000 worth of jewlery. After 3 weeks her boyfriend came to the shop that all gold was stolen from his mother. His mother suddenly disliked her future doughter in law and pressed charges for stolen jewlery which was all taken as the evidence by Honolulu Police. I lost 3000 mother got the gold back. How about this???:?:
Stacy Marv says
I am in Pawn over 30 years and today came the guy in store yelling where is the gold? I push my finger in his ribs and told himm I have gun and got out. He was facing my wife, fortunately the guy has no gun and I had no gun. We never display any gold here because we are located in notorious Hotel street The Skid row in Chinatown. Thanks God nobody tried to rob us for 30 years.Might be because we do not show gold to people who look like they have No money. I am hardly wrong with customers because if you do not have socks you probably have not 5000 to buy 2 Kt diamond. I do not let people to look around for over 5 min. Some are angry but is better to get rid off people who are just killing their time and never buy anything.
Shannon says
And the fact that none of us were notified??? What’s that about?
I’m sure people will say you should never pawn your vaulables easy to say…
erica hernandez says
rght thats waht i was gettng today after found out and was crying all day those had my weddng rings in their woth 4,000
Shannon says
My stuff was stolen to, just like above it was jewerly handed down from generations.
I don’t want store credit!!!!!!
I want my stuff!
What are our rights???
Of course they handed everything over it wasn’t there’s!
Why is there a bunch of younger people working in there?
Doesn’t anyone have any balls left?
erica hernandez says
hire an attorney thats what u am goung to do balry found ths out todfay and ths hapen n june thats ridiculous and get ths they are tryng to tell me am still respoonsinle tfor paying thm back my loan haha
really says
Interesting dilema… If your property on pawn was stolen, is the contract void and the shops insurance has to give you full replacement value?
Aarika Oliver says
Unfortanetly I am one of the victims who lost jewelry at the pawn shop. I stopped in to retrieve my item and was informed that my item was one of many that had been stolen. Due to economic conditions I was forced to pawn my item, which is very sentimental to me. My item was my late fathers wedding ring and I will not rest until the item is returned and of course the loser, jobless thieves are caught and prosecuted. I have one kind word for the crooks..your days are numbered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
T-Bone says
Kind of surprised we are not reading that there was a shoot out. Most Pawn Shop Owners have a gun under the counter waiting for a day like this!
erica hernandez says
ya nit unless t was the pawn ship robbing itself gofr the insurance
Leave me alone says
Glad no one got hurt… Based on the neighborhood that shop neighbors, it would be a good idea to take a few extra precautions to prevent this from happening again.