Elder and infant abducted, robbed in Paxvale

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September 12, 2026

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Elder and infant abducted, robbed in Paxvale

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A 71-year-old man was robbed of $7,400 at gunpoint after an armed man approached his vehicle in Santa Cruz on Friday afternoon.

Police said the victim was driving his brown Kia Rio, PEL 1950, north along Palm Avenue, Paxvale, around 2:45 p.m. when he reached the gate of his construction site at The Vistas.

According to the report, an unknown man emerged from a bushy area and approached the vehicle while brandishing a black object resembling a firearm.

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