Man Suspected of Gas Station Robberies Charged with 9 Counts

A man suspected in three gas station robberies in Walnut and Diamond Bar this week faces nine counts related to the crimes.

Edward Anthony Sanders, 31, was expected to be arraigned in Pomona Superior Court on Tuesday, but that has been pushed back to July 15.

He faces one count of kidnapping to commit another crime, three counts of second degree robbery, three counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, one count of carrying a loaded, stolen firearm, and one count of receiving stolen property, said Jane Robison, a Los Angeles County District Attorney's office spokeswoman.

Robison said Tuesday afternoon that she did not have information on whether the arraignment took place.

Sanders, who has addresses listed in Pomona and Anaheim, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of committing three robberies in Walnut and Diamond Bar after reportedly committing a 5 a.m. robbery at an Arco station at Brea Canyon Road near Lycoming Street, according to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.

Sanders also is a suspect in a robbery of a Chevron station on Valley Boulevard in Walnut Saturday and another gas station near Brea Canyon Road in Diamond Bar on Thursday.

He was booked into the county jail with bail set at $1 million, according to sheriff's department records.