CYPRESS : Youth, Man Held in Holdup, Theft

A teen-ager accused of holding up a Cypress woman at gunpoint outside a local supermarket was being held Sunday after a countywide bulletin for the woman’s stolen car turned up the vehicle and led to the arrest of the youth and a man, police said.

The woman, a 56-year-old Cypress resident, was held up in the parking lot of the Albertson’s supermarket at Ball Road and Valley View Street.

“The suspect produced a handgun and demanded the keys to her car,” said Cypress police dispatcher Terry Berecochea. “He also demanded her purse, which she surrendered after a brief struggle. The suspect then fled the area in the victim’s car.”

After interviewing the woman, Cypress police broadcast a bulletin describing her vehicle. Fullerton police spotted the car about an hour later on Harbor Boulevard near the Riverside Freeway. Two people were inside, and both were arrested.

One, a 15-year-old Compton boy, was booked on suspicion of robbery for allegedly holding up the woman in the parking lot. The other, identified as Manjit Singh, 25, of Anaheim, was arrested on suspicion of possessing stolen property--the victim’s car.