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Strong Armed Robbery Suspects Arrested

Wallet and Cell Phone Taken

By G.T. Houts
Friday, July 4, 2008

Crestline, CA – The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department responded to a Crestline residence early yesterday morning after receiving a report of a strong-armed robbery that had just occurred.

Officers arrived at the home near the corner of Pine Drive and Moon Drive and interviewed the victim—identified as Michael Shanahan—who explained two men had thrown him to the ground and held him there while they removed his cell phone and wallet.

In a media advisory, deputies state that at approximately 12:30 a.m., Shanahan was walking north bound on Pine Drive when he noticed two males hanging out on the front deck of a nearby home in the 400 block of Pyramid Drive.

The news release indicated that as Shanahan passed by the house 18 year-old Bryan Lonny Pore and an unidentified male juvenile confronted him. He was allegedly pulled to the ground and held while his personal items were taken.

Investigators report that once both suspects finished robbing the victim they returned to the home where they had been sitting on the deck.

A search warrant was issued for the residence and both suspects were taken into custody. Shanahan's wallet and cell phone were recovered and returned to the victim.

Central Detention Center (Photo by Michael P. Neufeld.)

Pore was arrested at 8:23 a.m. yesterday and booked at the Central Detention Center in San Bernardino at 11:07 a.m. He is being held on $50,000 bail.