People v. Johnson CA4/1

BACKGROUND

Count 1: From May to June, 2011, Johnson conspired with two others to commit

robberies.

Count 2: On May 19, 2011, 78-year-old Kazuko Ethington was walking toward a

grocery store, carrying a lunch box. Someone came from behind and took the lunch box,

cutting Ethington's finger, then ran away.

Count 3: On May 19, 2011, Lynne Lopo was walking toward a bank to make a

deposit for her employer. Lopo was carrying a bank bag close to her chest. Someone hit

her from behind, knocking her to the ground. After a struggle, the assailant took the bag

and ran away. Lopo sustained bruises on her eye and shin, a scrape on her knee and a

scratch on her face.

Count 4: On May 23, 2011, as Tomi Windle walked to a bank, an individual came

up behind her, grabbed her purse and ran away. A security guard who witnessed the

crime described it as a lady "getting attacked by this guy." The victim was upset and

crying.

2 Count 5: On May 23, 2011, someone tried to take Rose Bulandi's purse. She held

onto her purse and screamed. The assailant dragged her from the sidewalk in front of a

bank through the parking lot. Bulandi let go of the purse, then the robber yanked it…