Area Man Arrested In 3 Armed Robberies, Livermore Police Say

LIVERMORE, CA — Livermore detectives arrested an Oakland man in connection with two robberies in Livermore and another in San Jose, police said.

Rahsaan R. Robinson, 22, was arrested by Livermore Police Department detectives on suspicion of the Livermore robberies on Feb. 24, police said in a statement.

Robinson remained in Dublin's Santa Rita Jail as of Friday morning. Jail records indicate he is facing 11 felonies from three arrests, including two counts of second-degree robbery and a count of inflicting serious injury on another person. He is slated to appear in court at Dublin's East County Hall of Justice Monday morning and cannot be released on bail, jail records show.

The arrest came 10 days after the Oakland Housing Authority arrested him on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm, police said. Since Robinson's arrest by Livermore detectives, he was released and arrested again in connection with violent crimes in Oakland, police said.

The Livermore police investigation dates back to the evening of Feb. 2, when officers responded to the San Francisco Premium Outlets after receiving a report that two people were armed with guns and committing robberies.

The robbers approached shoppers, ripped a gold chain off a person's neck and stole a pair of shoes, police said. They reached into someone else's pocket and stole a wallet containing $2,000 in cash and credit cards, police said. The robbers fled in a car before police arrived.

Robinson, who has a lengthy criminal history, was later identified as a suspect, police said. He posted a photo of himself on social media wearing what appeared to be the stolen chain, police said.

The identity of the second robbery suspect remains unknown.

Detectives went to local pawn shops in hopes of finding jewelry stolen in Livermore. They found jewelry sold by Robinson that linked him to another armed robbery in San Jose, police said.

Detectives searched Robinson's girlfriend's home in Pittsburg and recovered jewelry stolen in the Livermore robbery, plus evidence linking Robinson to an unrelated nonviolent armed robbery in Livermore, police said.

Livermore detectives continued to search for the second suspect in the Feb. 2 robbery at the San Francisco Premium Outlets.