By Matt Kawahara
mkawahara@sacbee.com
The victim of a Monday night robbery in Elk Grove arrived outside a Walmart with the intention of selling a pair of shoes and was left with no clothes after being held up at gunpoint, an Elk Grove Police Department spokesman said.
About 7:17 p.m., officers responded to the Walmart in the 8400 block of Elk Grove Boulevard to find the robbery victim, a male adult in his 20s, naked in the parking lot, said Elk Grove police spokesman Officer Chris Trim.
The man had intended to complete a Craigslist sale of some tennis shoes outside the Walmart, Trim said. When he arrived and met with the prospective buyers, one of them produced a gun and ordered the victim to take off his clothes, Trim said.
The robbers took the victim's clothing, shoes, currency and cell phone, Trim said. They then fled in a vehicle described as a Dodge Charger, he said.
The victim gave the vehicle's license plate information to officers, who broadcasted it to outside law enforcement agencies. About 8:22 p.m., Stockton police located the vehicle and detained three individuals, one of whom matched the description of one of the suspects in the robbery, Trim said.
The victim was not injured in the robbery.
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