Apr 23, 2008 12:29 am US/Pacific
Teen Arrested For Latest Oakland Restaurant Holdup
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An image from a recent Oakland restaurant robbery taken by a surveillance camera.
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A 16-year-old San Francisco boy has been arrested for participating in one of a recent series of takeover-style robberies of Oakland restaurants, the Alameda County District Attorney's Office told CBS 5 on Tuesday evening.
Prosecutors said Tanom Domingue will be charged as an adult for 5 counts of robbery with a firearm and 5 counts of false imprisonment with a firearm in connection with the holdup of the Café Milano on Grand Avenue in Oakland.
It was the most recent of the East Bay restaurant robberies, happening on Sunday, April 13, when armed robbers stormed into the Milano at dinnertime and pointed guns at restaurant workers and patrons before making off with an undisclosed amount of cash.
That dramatic robbery was caught on tape by the restaurant's surveillance camera.
A source close to the investigation told CBS 5 that the boy had confessed to police, admitting that he had participated in the Milano robbery.
Domingue was being held Tuesday at the Alameda County Juvenile Detention in San Leandro. He was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon in Alameda County Superior Court.
Officials with the D.A.'s office said they made the decision to charge Domingue as an adult in part because of his juvenile criminal history.
Domingue was on probation for an armed robbery in Vallejo and was on leave from a San Francisco youth program at the time of the Oakland robbery that he allegedly committed.
At least two other suspects -- including a 15-year-old boy -- have been identified and arrest warrants were issued. They were being sought by police, sources said.
Police and prosecutors were investigating whether the three suspects identified may be responsible for the string of all eight robberies in Oakland, Berkeley, and Emeryville. Sources indicated all the crimes had similarities that lead law enforcement to believe that they are connected.
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