Crime & Safety
Man Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Rolex Christmas Day in Seal Beach
The victim met the suspect through a Craigslist ad.
A 26-year-old Long Beach man was behind bars Thursday on suspicion of stealing a gold watch in Seal Beach on Christmas Day from a victim he met through Craigslist.
Oscar Alexis Mejia, who was arrested Wednesday, was being held in lieu of $250,000 bail, according to Orange County jail records.
The victim, who was selling a gold Rolex watch, met Mejia through a Craigslist ad, according to Seal Beach Sgt. Philip Gonshak. The victim was robbed just before 8:30 p.m. on Christmas Day in a parking lot of a CVS store at the Seal Beach Towne Center, 12490 Seal Beach Blvd., Gonshak said.
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Mejia is suspected of three similar robberies in Los Angeles County, according to Gonshak.
Anyone with information relevant to the case was asked to call detectives at (562) 799-4100, ext. 1108.
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