A West Hollywood man was out walking his dogs on North Wetherly Drive near Cynthia last night when he was robbed at gunpoint by two men. Yikes.
The whole thing was caught on video by a nearby security camera.
Around 11 p.m., a Chrysler 300 pulled up to the street and parked. As the soon-to-be victim walked by with his dogs, the car flashed its lights, signaling to the two armed men.
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The men approached, pulled our their weapons, and took the victims keys and phone. A source tells WeHoVille that the victim luckily didn’t have his wallet with him, though it’s hard to find a silver lining to being robbed at gunpoint.
Then the two robbers jumped in the car and off they drove. The victim got a clear view of the license plate as they left, which seems like a fairly amateur move.
But, then again, robbing a dog walker a gunpoint seems equally stupid.
Sgt. Richard Bowman of the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station said a similar but unsuccessful robbery attempt was made, apparently by the same men, last night on Doheny Drive near Cynthia.
Watch below:
NoCagada
Time to start packin’, boys…and I ain’t talkin’ fudge
Stache99
This should be featured on worlds stupidest criminals.
Dakotahgeo
@NoCagada: You and your unclassy comment are disgusting! Begone, kindergarten dropout!
Dakotahgeo
@Stache99: I’m amazed that these career criminals aren’t aware that 99% of the world’s street corners aren’t manned by some sort of video/audio camera by now! Criminals allowing ‘selfies’ of themselves… unbelievable and stuuupid!!!
Giancarlo85
Oh yea… pack a gun… get pistol whipped and killed. Perfect. Having a concealed weapon isn’t going to help you.
NoCagada
@Dakotahgeo: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!
AT least I made it into kindergarten…you…still stuck at the terrible twos where EVERYTHING revolves around you and your dirty diapers.
NoCagada
@Giancarlo85: It’s helped me already…and you have read about it in the news…if you have the intelligence for real news…the difference is that, unlike you, I didn’t use it for flailing and Voguing
Giancarlo85
@NoCagada: Most likely you’ll get your gun taken from you and it’ll end up badly. Concealed weapon permits are dangerous to the general public.
SpunkyBunks
Who the hell carries lots of cash anymore? Aren’t muggings pointless by now since everybody pays with credit cards? The only thing of value you can get is an iPhone and maybe some jewelry. Stupid druggies.
Captain Obvious
Yuppies robbed in the city at night… by gun point no less. Alert the media this has literally never happened before.
What exactly about West Hollywood screams safe, let alone safe to wander around at night?
Of course I’m “victim blaming” because sense and personal responsibility no longer apply in this selectively “pc” world.
If you live in the city just wander around alone outside at all times of the night. I’m sure it’s perfectly safe and criminals won’t try to rob the area that regularly leaves at least $1000 of free stuff on the curb every time a yuppie moves out and can’t be bothered to move their belongings with them.
K Patrick McCarthy
Some people are just trash
DimAsAnEmber
Is this gay news, even?
petensfo
So the police have a description of the guys by the victim, the license plate & make of the car, a video… And yet, a second mugging took place on a different block of Cynthia on the next night?! Are these clowns on the payroll?
I hope this gets passed around some WeHo neighborhood group sites; seems like an easy one to solve.
myloginname
WeHo has really always been safe in the past. I lived on Laurel and Fountain for years and walking around at 3AM was safe and you were probably not alone on the streets either. The biggest crime I would encounter was someone using my buildings foyer for their sexual liaison. I hope they catch these people.
Ridpathos
This is LA guys. LA is a shit-hole where you’ll get robbed whether you’re gay or straight.
Jacob23
Maybe if he had a couple of real dogs with teeth instead of those little toy dogs, those clowns would have chosen someone else to mug.
Clark35
@Ridpathos: Exactly.
@Jacob23: LMAO too true.
Glücklich
The first tip-off to trouble was the perps driving a Chrysler 300 (or any Chrysler). No gay guy would be caught dead in one, even as a rental. Nobody who *knows* gay guys would be caught dead in one.
Giancarlo85
@Ridpathos: Oh yea, have you been to LA? Because I seem to doubt it. If you knew anything about California, you would realize West Hollywood is not Los Angeles. It may be in LA County, but Weho is its own city. I love it when people talk shit.
@Jacob23: Funny how you would probably piss in your pants and beg for mercy if you were robbed at gunpoint. You seem to talk a lot of shit for a coward.
Glücklich
@Giancarlo85:
People love to dump all over L.A. for no reason. I love it down there. I know I’ve been really lucky to only have had positive experiences when I’ve visited and expect to again when I’m there weekend after next.
Unless I have meetings and clients to see, I tend to shun anything west of Museum Mile, though, so I’m probably avoiding the areas where people are perceived to be plastic and douche-y (though Brentwood’s sort of OK).
As much as I love to visit L.A., it would take one hell of a job offer to get me to move there.
Jacob23
@Giancarlo85: lol! Whether I would have peed myself or not has nothing to do with my point. If that guy had 2 pit bulls instead of 2 dainty little toys, those jokers would have picked someone else.