FRESNO, CA (KMJ) Fresno Police have arrested a man they say is responsible for a series of recent armed robberies.
27 year old Daniel Franco was nabbed Friday while leaving his Northeast Fresno home. He was armed with a handgun, according to police.
Investigators say the string of robberies began Christmas day 2018 when Franco allegedly held up a McDonalds on East Shaw.
The next day investigators say he robbed a Dollar Tree on East Ashlan. The following day he allegedly went to a pharmacy on Marks Ave. and demanded Xanax. Police say he managed to get away with about 3,000 tablets. Then, on Jan. 13, Franco is suspected in a holdup of a liquor store on Blackstone. He brandished a handgun in each of the robberies, according to police.
Franco was arrested and booked into the Fresno County Jail for the four armed robberies and for being a prior convicted felon in possession of a loaded firearm.
