January 22: An armed robbery with a firearm occurred in the 3000 block of Stevens Creek Boulevard in Santa Clara. January 5: A strong-armed purse snatch robbery occurred in the parking lot of Bay 101 Casino in San José. Police said during the investigation, which included the use of automated license plate reader cameras, Valverde was also identified as the person responsible for a string of subsequent South Bay robberies. Robbery detectives were able to identify the suspect in the incident as 22-year-old San Jose resident Brian Valverde. The victim told officers she was intentionally rear-ended and then the suspect stole her personal property and threatened to shoot her if she followed him. East Bay man arrested for wrong-way intoxicated driver after Highway 101 crash By Gary Klien. San Jose police said the first incident happened on December 27 in the area of Blue Mountain Drive and Mount McKinley Drive in East San Jose. SAN JOSE - Police arrested a suspect in a series of violent robberies in December and January which included intentionally rear-ending vehicles and then robbing the drivers at gunpoint.

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