San Clemente: Berenstain Bandits Arrested

11.19.2020 | 9:30 PM | SAN CLEMENTE – Orange County Sheriff’s Deputies and a CHP airplane are overhead a pursuit termination in South Orange County.

The pursuit started after they held up a 7-Eleven at 25758 La Paz Rd, Laguna Hills. The chase ended in a residential San Clemente neighborhood.

Deputies with OCSD took at least two people into custody but could not confirm about the third. Deputies and officers were lead on a pursuit of a vehicle matching the description of a vehicle used in multiple armed robberies.

The suspects are known to wear yellow vests and yellow bandanas, prompting FBI agents to call the the “Berenstain Bandits” referencing the Berenstain Bears series of children’s books where the father always wore a yellow shirt

The suspects have held up multiple SoCal counties including San Diego, Riverside, Orange, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles.

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