Two arrested after Walmart theft, standoff at gas station

Two Palmdale men were arrested Nov. 3 after allegedly stealing power tools from a Simi Valley Walmart and threatening store employees with a baton before leading police to a nearby gas station, where one man barricaded himself inside a travel trailer. Simi Valley police were called to Walmart at 255 E. Cochran St. at about 7:40 p.m. after a witness reported seeing two men break open a display case and steal several power tools. When loss prevention employees tried to stop the men, they allegedly threatened the employees and displayed a baton before fleeing in a vehicle towing a travel trailer. Officers later found the vehicle at the ARCO gas station at Madera Road and Los Angeles Avenue. One man was taken into custody without incident, while the second refused to leave the trailer and barricaded himself inside. Police temporarily closed nearby roads while officers worked to persuade the man to surrender. He exited the trailer just after 9 p.m. and was arrested.

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