LANCASTER, Calif. - It took the persuasive work of at least one prominent local figure to convince two people involved in the robbery and assault of an 80-year-old man to do the right thing and turn themselves, authorities said Sunday.The two suspects arrived at the station at 8 pm.
Saturday to fess up to their crimes and are now in custody, according to Lt. Jon Hoyt, of the Lancaster Sheriff's Station. Investigators say Tamika White, 33, accompanied Damaris Wade, 22, as he allegedly assaulted 80-year-old Roberto Flores-Lopez in the bathroom of a Lancaster grocery store in the 1000 block of East Avenue J, near 10th Street, at 8:30 a.m.