Johnny Alvaro, (b. 1929 - ?) from 1943 robbery & police chase

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Johnny Alvaro, (b. 1929 - ?) from 1943 robbery & police chase

Unread post by alexalonso » December 25th, 2020, 5:40 am

In this 1943 article, a Mexican gang member form Los Angeles took the police on a high speed chase and shot at them too. Johnny Alvaro, 14, robbed someone and then shot at the police during the chase according to the article. he was with 3 others.

Joe Bergin, 17
Henry I Ford, 21, of 1816 1/2 W. 22nd Street, Los Angeles (he was born in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois on December 18, 1921 - November 8, 1975, and died in Los Angeles at 54 years old)
Joe Berrard, of 520 Ceres Street, los Angeles
Johnny Alvaro lives at, 9th & Grand, Los Angeles

Johnny robbed $39 from E.B. Abrams, manager of a Bundy theatre. The Bundy theatre was built in 1941.
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