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On June 18, 2026, at approximately 1:35 AM, San Jos\u00e9 Police Department Patrol Officers responded to a report of an armed robbery that occurred at a business located in the 5800 block of Camden Avenue. An adult male suspect entered the business and brandished a firearm at the victim employee. The suspect took cash and fled the scene prior to police arrival.<\/p>\n
SJPD Robbery Unit Detectives began a thorough and comprehensive investigation. During the investigation, Detectives discovered evidence to suggest the suspect was associated to a string of armed robberies throughout the city of San Jos\u00e9 spanning the months of June and July. <\/p>\n
The crime spree included a business located in the 2300 block of Stevens Creek Boulevard on June 30, 2026, a business located in the 1300 block of Blossom Hill Road on July 15, 2026, a business located in the 5800 block of Camden Avenue on July 17, 2026, a business located in the 2500 block of Fontaine Road on July 18, 2026, and a business located in the 2400 block of Alvin Road on July 20, 2026. The businesses varied from smoke shops, convenience stores, to motels.<\/p>\n
With the assistance of Patrol Officers, the SJPD Real Time Intelligence Center, and the use of Automated License Plate Reader cameras, Detectives identified Andrew Fiddler as the primary suspect.<\/p>\n
Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Suspect Fiddler and a search warrant for an associated residence in the city of San Jos\u00e9.<\/p>\n
On July 21, 2026, with the assistance of the SJPD Covert Response Unit, Detectives located and arrested Suspect Fiddler in the city of San Jos\u00e9. While serving a search warrant, Detectives located evidence of the crimes.<\/p>\n
Suspect Fiddler was booked into Santa Clara County Main Jail for armed robbery.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information about these cases or similar cases is asked to contact Detective Ledesma #4842 of the San Jos\u00e9 Police Department Robbery Unit via email: 4842@sanjoseca.gov<\/a> or 408-277-4166.<\/p>\n Submit crime tips and remain anonymous by using the P3TIPS mobile app<\/a>, calling the tip line at (408) 947-STOP, or on the Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers website<\/a>. If the information you submit leads to an arrest, you are eligible for a cash reward from the Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers Program.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 On June 18, 2026, at approximately 1:35 AM, San Jos\u00e9 Police Department Patrol Officers responded to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-425736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}