Three Armed Robbers Hit Santa Monica Store

Updated Monday April 15 at 7:45 a.m.

Two of three armed robbers that hit a jewelry store were in custody Monday, with police still searching for the third suspect.

Terrell Darveyon Davis, 24, and Delina Frank Banks, 24, both of Reno, Nevada, were being held in lieu of $1 million bail on robbery, kidnapping and conspiracy charges, according to jail records and police.

Three men walked into the Tala Jewelry at 1302 Montana Ave. at 4:52 p.m. Sunday and held up the store staff, used sledge hammers to get into display cases, then fled in a car, Santa Monica Police Sgt. Richard Lewis said.

Witnesses told investigators the men used at least one handgun to enter the store.

Responding officers spotted the suspect vehicle in the east end of the city limits, near Centinela and Delaware. However, the vehicle made a quick turn and all three suspects fled on foot in the 3300 block of Exposition, Lewis said.

After quickly setting up a perimeter, the first suspect was found by a K9 search team at 6:30 p.m. in the 2000 block of Centinela. The second suspect was found about an hour later in the same area, he said.

The search continued for the third suspect until about 3 a.m., according to Lewis.

Police did not release a description of the third suspect.

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