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Facebook video of robbery leads to arrest

Surveillance video also captured the attack and the suspects driving away

By C1 Staff

FRESNO, Calif. — A Facebook video of an attack and robbery led to the arrest of three suspects.

Your Central Valley reports that a 24-year-old man, Steven Vang, 18-year-old woman, Leanna Risueno, and a 14-year-old were all arrested after authorities viewed cell phone footage of the suspects approaching a pair of teenage girls with a plan to rob them.

Surveillance video also captured the attack and the suspects driving away. A witness called 911 to report the attack after seeing it from his window.

The victims only suffered minor scrapes; the suspects made off with one of the victim’s purse, which contained only clothes and an empty wallet.

It’s believed the suspects posted the video to Facebook themselves as a way to brag about their crime.

Vang and Risueno are in the Fresno County Jail on robbery charges, and the 14-year-old was booked into the Fresno County Juvenile Justice Center.