Teens attack passers-by with baseball bat Five teenagers, ages 17 to 19 years old, reportedly attacked several people with a baseball bat in Pacific Beach on Tuesday, June 9 during a short-lived series of robberies, according to police. Police identified Alberto Salas, 19; Jonathon Ayala, 19; and Baltazar Romo, 19, as three of the five teens allegedly responsible for the crimes. The other two, both minors, could not be identified. “We’re looking to try to identify other robberies they may be connected to,” said Northern Division Capt. Shelley Zimmerman. The five suspects allegedly drove along Garnet Avenue near Bayard Street in a black Mustang before midnight on Monday, June 8. One of the alleged attackers robbed a tow truck driver, taking a GPS device while threatening the driver with a bat. The group then moved to Felspar Street and allegedly stole the purse of a woman walking with another man and woman, according to reports in the San Diego Union-Tribune that Zimmerman confirmed. One of the attackers hit the woman, knocking out some of her teeth. She also suffered some other minor injuries to her hand, Zimmerman said. One of the teens took the man’s wallet and also threatened him with a baseball bat when he tried to help the woman. The five also reportedly attacked another person before police caught up to the vehicle near Mission Bay Drive and Grand Avenue. The teens tossed stolen items out of the window as police pursued them. An officer eventually pulled the suspects over near Washington Street off of the Interstate-5 and took them into custody. Reward offered for return of stolen sea captain Diamond Street resident Alan Huffman is accustomed to picking up whiskey bottles, taco wrappers and even replacing his fence after late-night revelers, but he was disheartened to wake Sunday morning, June 14 to find the wooden sculptor of an old sea captain had been stolen off his porch. “It was a landmark for people to find the house,” Huffman said, who has lived on Diamond Street for 11 years. “We had the house with the sea captain. Over the years I really grew attached to it.” Huffman figures the theft was a graduation prank, but he is offering a monetary reward to anyone who returns the sea captain. Huffman had considered taking the sculpture to the garage the morning before it was stolen in order to paint it but was too busy. That evening his dog barked at the porch around 1 a.m. “So many people go back and forth in front of the house I didn’t think anything of it,” Huffman said. “I leave the porch light on but apparently that doesn’t work.”