El Cerrito police arrest Vallejo man in connection with violent robbery

By Karl Fischer
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 03/30/2012 03:55:45 PM PDT
Updated: 03/30/2012 03:55:45 PM PDT

EL CERRITO -- A parolee went to jail Friday in connection with a February robbery during which police say he beat up the owners of a dry cleaning shop.
Surveillance video, both from the business on the 6100 block of Potrero Avenue and its neighbors, helped detectives identify the white Chrysler minivan the robber drove Feb. 7 after leaving the store with a little cash and a few of his victims' personal belongings.
The victims, a married couple, were both treated at the hospital for injuries, Detective Sgt. Scott Cliatt said.
Police searched several weeks for the right minivan before finding it in Vallejo this week and identifying its driver -- 51-year-old Vallejo resident Gerald Hudson.
They went to Hudson's home Thursday and did not find him, but he called and arranged to meet detectives at the El Cerrito Police Department to answer some questions, Cliatt said.
After a brief interview, police arrested Hudson on suspicion of robbery, assault and parole violations, and booked him into County Jail in Martinez.

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