Man poses as teen girl, arrested after robbery in Fresno County, deputies say

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A Fresno man who crafted an “online ruse” in which he posed as a teen girl to commit robbery, was arrested in Fresno County on Wednesday, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said.

Sheriff’s officials say they were dispatched to the area of Manning and Walnut Avenues, south of Easton, where they contacted a man who said he had pulled over near an orchard and was resting in his car when suddenly, another man pulled him out of his car and started to beat him up with a baseball bat.

The suspect, deputies say, robbed the victim of his car and cell phone and he fled in his vehicle.

The next day, a deputy on patrol said they spotted the stolen vehicle and contacted a young man and woman inside.

The deputy say they learned the man, 19-year-old Isaac Solano of Fresno engaged with the victim in an online conversation where he posed as a female teenager. An agreement was made to meet for sexual favors, but the plan all along was to set him up to be robbed.

Sheriff’s officials say Solano was arrested under suspicion of carjacking, robbery, and assault with a deadly weapon.