A 26-year-old Arizona man was arrested Saturday in Rancho Cucamonga after allegedly firing at federal regulation enforcement brokers in a shootout that marked the tip of a three-week, two-state crime spree, the U.S. lawyer’s workplace mentioned.
Samuel Sven Smith, of Phoenix, allegedly robbed 10 shops, 9 of them PetSmart areas, in Southern California and Arizona earlier than he was arrested following a high-speed chase.
He was charged Monday in federal court docket with assault on a federal officer, brandishing a firearm in furtherance of against the law of violence and interference with commerce by theft.
The spree reportedly started July 31 and concerned a Huge Heaps retailer in Riverside and PetSmart areas in Phoenix, Sign Hill, Orange, San Bernardino, Fontana, Pico Rivera, Redlands, Huntington Seaside and Rancho Cucamonga.
Smith allegedly pointed a handgun at staff and demanded that they provide him cash from the money registers. He took a complete of simply over $7,000, the U.S. lawyer’s workplace mentioned.
On Saturday, after allegedly robbing the PetSmart in Rancho Cucamonga, Smith seen regulation enforcement approaching him and fired two rounds at an unmarked automobile from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
An agent or police officer fired at Smith earlier than he fled in his automobile. The chase by a number of cities lasted round 20 minutes, throughout which Smith reportedly fired at his pursuers.
The pursuit got here to an finish when regulation enforcement officers rammed their automotive into Smith’s.
He was present in his automobile with a gunshot wound below his chin. He reportedly advised officers that he had “unintentionally shot himself.”
If convicted of all expenses, Smith faces as much as 47 years in federal jail.
