A 25-year-old Perris resident was arrested on Friday for allegedly branding a firearm and robbing a Perris fast food restaurant, the sheriff’s department announced.
On July 15 at 7:40 p.m., Perris Sheriff’s Station deputies responded to a robbery at a local fast food restaurant located in the 23000 Block of Cajalco Road in the unincorporated Perris area of Riverside County.
The victim reported that a male suspect, later identified as 25-year-old Gavin Alexander Hong of Perris, brandished a firearm and handed the employee a note stating he was armed with a gun and knife and demanded the money.
After he was given the money in the register, Hong fled the location on foot before deputies arrived. Video surveillance showed Hong wearing a black hoodie, a mask, dark-colored pants, and black boots and arriving in a Gray Toyota Camry, which was still parked in the parking lot of the business, officials said.
With the assistance of a sheriff’s helicopter, Hong was located standing on the sidewalk across the street wearing different clothes. Deputies detained Hong and learned he had two misdemeanor warrants for his arrest.
The Perris Station Robbery Burglary Suppression Team (RBST) assumed the investigation and conducted a canvass. Deputies located a black hoodie, a face mask, sunglasses, a knife, and an airsoft pistol stashed under a bush north of the location, officials said.
RBST located video surveillance from a nearby business where Hong walked into the location after the robbery and went into the bathroom to change his appearance. A search of the bathroom yielded Hong’s pants and more than $120 cash hidden in the toilet seat cover dispenser, officials said.
Hong was later booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center for armed robbery. His bail was set at $30,000.
This investigation is ongoing. Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Investigator Rooker at the Riverside County Sheriff’s dispatch at 951-776-1099 or the Perris Station at 951-210-1000.
