2 Young Women Rob Elderly Women To Throw Party

Published: March 1, 2009, 5:46 am

Tucson police: Women robbers wanted money to throw party

Alexis Huicochea

Arizona Daily Star

Tucson, Arizona

02.25.2009

Yuliana A. Galviz

Source: Tucson Police Departent

Two young women are in jail this morning after police say they robbed two elderly women at gunpoint to get money to throw a party.

Yuliana A. Galviz, 20, and 21-year-old Karina Hernandez-Benitez are now facing charges of armed robbery, aggravated robbery, aggravated assault with a firearm and forgery.

The women told a friend that they wanted to throw a party but they didn’t have any money, according to Sgt. Fabian Pacheco, a Tucson Police Department spokesman. That’s when they decided to victimize two elderly women Monday afternoon, he said.

The first robbery occurred just before 2 p.m. as a 70-year-old woman was walking towards the Home Depot near El Con Mall, Pacheco said.

The victim told police that a red sedan pulled up next to her and a woman in the passenger seat pointed a gun at her while demanding her purse.

She was stunned and unable to respond, at which time the gunwoman grabbed the purse and the driver drove away, police said.

The victim was able to memorize the license plate and gave the information to police.

Hours later the robbers began using the victim’s credit card to make purchases at several businesses.

They had purchased $236 worth of alcohol from a Fry’s grocery store, along with diapers and other items, Pacheco said.

They had also used the card twice at a service station at Park Avenue and 22nd Street, prompting police to respond there to obtain surveillance video.

While at the gas station, a detective spotted the suspect vehicle going south on Park, Pacheco said.

The women were pulled over and taken into custody in the area of South Sixth Avenue and Lincoln Street.

Hernandez-Benitez was determined to be the driver and Galviz was the passenger. Hernandez-Benitez also had her toddler daughter in the backseat of the car, leading police to believe that the child may have been present the entire time.

When taken in for questioning, the women admitted to having committed another armed robbery of a 60-year-old woman around 6 p.m.

That victim was robbed at gunpoint near West Valencia Road and South Santa Clara Avenue but was too afraid to call police.

“These women showed no remorse over what they had done,” Pacheco said.

Online court records show that Galviz has been arrested in the past on assault and disorderly conduct.

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charmed7 - Mar 1, 2009, 5:22 pm

U can tell she has no remorse, she looks like a criminal

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