{"id":85949,"date":"2025-12-08T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/85949\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T09:00:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T09:00:25","slug":"father-and-son-robbed-at-gunpoint-during-facebook-marketplace-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/85949\/","title":{"rendered":"Father and son robbed at gunpoint during Facebook Marketplace sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAS VEGAS (KSNV) \u2014 Justin Perea and his 14-year-old son, Ryder, say they were<a href=\"https:\/\/news3lv.com\/news\/local\/caught-on-camera-family-left-devastated-after-burglar-steals-70k-worth-of-valuables\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> victims of an armed robbery <\/a>during what they thought would be a routine Facebook Marketplace transaction. <\/p>\n<p>The pair had arranged to purchase an e-bike for $1,200, but were instead met with a dangerous encounter. <\/p>\n<p>The seller, claiming to be too young to meet at a police station, directed them to a neighborhood off Durango and Rochelle. <\/p>\n<p>Upon arrival at Rimwood Court around 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, they were approached by a teenage boy named Mason, whom Justin said he had been communicating with via Facebook. <\/p>\n<p>He said Mason then led them to a garage where two other teenagers emerged holding guns. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They had hoods and then masks, so it was so fast they had the guns out,&#8221; Justin recounted. <\/p>\n<p>Justin said he quickly moved to protect Ryder, handed them the cash, and then walked away.<\/p>\n<p>Once they returned to their car, they contacted the police, who informed them that similar incidents had occurred at the same location.<\/p>\n<p>Justin and Ryder are now warning others about the scam, pointing out that the same e-bike listing remains active on Facebook Marketplace. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t message that ad, don&#8217;t text them, just leave it be,&#8221; Ryder advised. <\/p>\n<p>The experience has left both father and son shaken, with Justin admitting he didn&#8217;t sleep that night. They hope their story serves as a cautionary tale for others engaging in online transactions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS (KSNV) \u2014 Justin Perea and his 14-year-old son, Ryder, say they were victims of an armed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-85949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85949","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=85949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}