The Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office filed three felony counts with enhancements against an Antioch man in connection with armed robberies in Walnut Creek and Danville.
18-year-old Leon Cathay Fountain was arraigned in Martinez on July 7. Fountain entered a plea of not guilty to one felony count with an enhancement for armed robbery on June 24, 2022, in Walnut Creek.
Fountain also pleaded not guilty to two felony counts with three enhancements – which includes one gang enhancement – for armed robbery on July 1 at a Trader Joe’s parking lot in Danville. In both incidents, Fountain and a minor used an illegal AR-style firearm and other guns to steal Rolex watches.
In both robberies, the perpetrators followed their victims in vehicles. When the victim reached a location and exited their vehicle, Fountain and one of the minors would surround them at gunpoint and demand they hand over their watches. In the Danville robbery, a Black Acura was used that witnesses said had a distinctive marking.
After detectives with the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office got a description of the suspects and their vehicle from witnesses, they were apprehended by police at a residence in Antioch approximately two hours after the robbery at Trader Joe’s.
Fountain is currently in the Martinez Detention Facility. The minors are in Juvenile Hall and have been charged with Second-Degree Armed Robbery.
The price you pay now if you flaunt your jewels in public now. .
These guys just haven’t tried to rob the wrong person yet
DING DING DING
We have a winner!
I keep an eye out for any article about that, when it happens
“Hey Leon, I dropped the soap. Be an angel and pick it up for me”.
Let’s keep watch and see if Becton reduces the charges down to practically nothing. After all, they needed expensive watches.
Going down for a while on that one. There’s easier ways to steal money with way less jail time. But you have to be able to spell three letter words. Nothing good comes out of Antioch anymore. All the good people left last decade.
There have been other recent armed robberies targeting Rolex watches around the Bay area. Where did the victims buy their Rolexes? Did someone’s girlfriend in the jewelry store tip him off and give him the purchaser’s name and address? That would make it easy to watch the house and then follow Rolex guy to some random store parking lot and then rob him.
@The Observer, Seriously bro? Thats quite the stretch there….. I oughta call you Stretch Arm Strong. Come on you cant be for real.
@the observer, you are onto something. You don’t randomly just happen upon people wearing rolex’s all over the place. I think your right.
Waste of resources and time by LEO! Slap on the wrist and “Please don’t get caught next time!” from Becton as he sails out the door!
The “Observer” IS onto something! It is discriminatory to run background checks on new applicants, especially if they are “people of color”, etc., etc.!!