subject: Suspect Nabbed In Theft Of Violin [print this page] A student on his way to school Tuesday morning was robbed of his student violin manufacturer and case, police said.
The incident triggered a brief lockdown at Clark High School where the student attends. He told officers a man approached him in the 5100 block of De Zavala, showed a handgun stuck in his pocket, and demanded the student violin supplier.
Police later arrested Johnny Villarreal, 20. He faces two felony charges: aggravated robbery and unlawful use of a handgun in a school zone, along with a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge.
San Antonio police Sgt. Daniel Alonzo said firefighters responding to a vehicle fire at a nearby restaurant hours after the robbery noticed the student violin in the vehicle Villarreal was driving and alerted police.
Video surveillance placed Villarreal at the scene of the robbery, Alonzo said.
A student on his way to school Tuesday morning was robbed of his student violin manufacturer and case, police said.
The incident triggered a
brief lockdown at Clark High School where the student attends. He told
officers a man approached him in the 5100 block of De Zavala, showed a
handgun stuck in his pocket, and demanded the student violin supplier.
Police later arrested
Johnny Villarreal, 20. He faces two felony charges: aggravated robbery
and unlawful use of a handgun in a school zone, along with a misdemeanor
marijuana possession charge.
San Antonio police Sgt.
Daniel Alonzo said firefighters responding to a vehicle fire at a nearby
restaurant hours after the robbery noticed the student violin in the vehicle Villarreal was driving and alerted police.
Video surveillance placed Villarreal at the scene of the robbery, Alonzo said.
