Man Tells CBS2 How He Helped Chino Hills Police Catch Robbery Spree Suspects

CHINO HILLS (CBSLA.com) — The quick actions of a good Samaritan helped detectives arrest a pair of men accused in an armed robbery spree across the Southland.

Police say Anthony Oddie and Richard Gomez-Quiroz used a gun and a machete to rob at least 17 convenience stores and pizza parlors from Chino Hills to Los Angeles to Orange County.

During one of the holdups, the good Samaritan who wants to be identified only as Manny noticed a man waiting outside a store in a white car.

Moments later, another man ran out, got in the car and sped off.

Manny told CBS2/KCAL9 it all looked suspicious, so he wrote down the license plate number.

The number was used to track down both men.

Police are now asking any other store clerks who may have been robbed by the pair to come forward.