Pedestrian robbed at gunpoint in Costa Mesa

Nov. 23, 2015 8:13 AM PT

Costa Mesa police are looking for two people who robbed a pedestrian at gunpoint early Monday.

The robbers, one male and one female, approached the pedestrian near the intersection of Harbor Boulevard and Mesa Verde Drive about 4:14 a.m., said Costa Mesa police Sgt. Matt Selinske.

The male robber pulled out a handgun and threatened the pedestrian, and the female robber grabbed the pedestrian’s wallet, according to Selinske. The pedestrian was not injured.

Descriptions of the robbers were not available.

Jeremiah Dobruck

Jeremiah Dobruck was a public safety reporter for the Daily Pilot. He first came to the Pilot as an editorial intern in 2009. After a handful of other media-related jobs, he was hired full-time at the Pilot as a copy editor in 2012. He holds a bachelor’s in journalism from Cal State Fullerton. He left the Daily Pilot in 2016.