California man admits targeting 3 Subway restaurants for robberies in less than a week, FBI says
A California man admitted Friday to carrying out a string of armed robberies and attempted robberies at three Subway restaurants in the Orange County area.Freddie Alexander Lopez, 24, of Santa Ana, pleaded guilty to a federal robbery charge after admitting he threatened cashiers with weapons at three Subway restaurants and a donut shop, all over an approximately six-day period.At each business he targeted, Lopez entered late at night wearing a dark hoodie and a mask, according to the FBI. He would approach the counter, order a bag of chips or another item and wait for the cashier to open the register before brandishing a weapon and demanding money.Surveillance footage from the businesses, along with cellphone location data placing Lopez near the establishments at the time of the robberies, helped prosecutors link him to the crimes.CALIFORNIA MEN ACCUSED OF $100K BURGLARY ALLEGEDLY TOOK SELFIES WHILE COMMITTING CRIMELopez's spree of robberies began on Jan.
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A California man admitted Friday to carrying out a string of armed robberies and attempted robberies at three Subway restaurants in the Orange County area.Freddie Alexander Lopez, 24, of Santa Ana, pleaded guilty to a federal robbery charge after admitting he threatened cashiers with weapons at three Subway restaurants and a donut shop, all over an approximately six-day period.At each business he targeted, Lopez entered late at night wearing a dark hoodie and a mask, according to the FBI. He would approach the counter, order a bag of chips or another item and wait for the cashier to open the register before brandishing a weapon and demanding money.Surveillance footage from the businesses, along with cellphone location data placing Lopez near the establishments at the time of the robberies, helped prosecutors link him to the crimes.CALIFORNIA MEN ACCUSED OF $100K BURGLARY ALLEGEDLY TOOK SELFIES WHILE COMMITTING CRIMELopez's spree of robberies began on Jan. 27, 2026, when he walked into a Subway in Santa Ana at 11:57 p.m., according to court records.After pulling a knife on the cashier, Lopez was able to get away with $300, per the criminal complaint.During the early morning hours of Jan. 30, Lopez entered a Subway in Fountain Valley and once again demanded money while threatening the cashier with a knife, according to the plea agreement."Give me all the money, or I'll hurt you," Lopez said, according to witnesses who spoke with law enforcement.This time, the cashier refused and shut the cash register, prompting Lopez to flee on foot, according to the criminal complaint.STRING OF BURGLARIES ROCKING LA RESIDENTIAL AREA COMMITTED BY SOUTH AMERICAN GANGS, DA SAYSLess than 30 minutes later, Lopez robbed a Yum Yum Donuts store about 5-and-a-half miles from the Subway he had just targeted, investigators said.Two days later, on Feb.
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- A California man admitted Friday to carrying out a string of armed robberies and attempted robberies at three Subway restaurants in the Orange County area.Freddie Alexander Lopez, 24, of Santa Ana, pleaded guilty to a federal robbery charge after admitting he threatened cashiers with weapons at three Subway restaurants and a donut shop, all over an approximately six-day period.At each business he targeted, Lopez entered late at night wearing a dark hoodie and a mask, according to the FBI. He would approach the counter, order a bag of chips or another item and wait for the cashier to open the register before brandishing a weapon and demanding money.Surveillance footage from the businesses, along with cellphone location data placing Lopez near the establishments at the time of the robberies, helped prosecutors link him to the crimes.CALIFORNIA MEN ACCUSED OF $100K BURGLARY ALLEGEDLY TOOK SELFIES WHILE COMMITTING CRIMELopez's spree of robberies began on Jan.
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