Police: Attempted extortion occurred after Hermosa Beach City Treasurer cut massage short [UPDATE]
The Hermosa Beach Police Department has released the police report related to the attempted extortion this month of City Treasurer David Cohn. Gustavo Ceron, 29, and Yuritsi Maria Garcia, 26, have been charged with attempted extortion and theft. They allegedly stole Cohn’s iPad Nov. 3 following a massage in Cohn’s home that was cut short. Yuritsi Maria Garcia. Photo provided by HBPD. More than 50 percent of the narrative in the police report, which was obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, has been redacted because of an ongoing investigation, said Interim Police Chief Steve Johnson. Johnson said he was not at liberty to discuss the nature of the ongoing investigation. According to the report, Cohn contacted police Nov. 8, five days after the massage and after he was threatened to deliver money in exchange for returning his iPad. Cohn told police he visited Garcia at her home in Maywood on Oct. 26. She identified herself as “Diane.” A few days later on Nov. 3, Cohn invited Garcia, whom he knew as “Diane,” to his Sixth Street home for a one-hour massage, the report said. Last week, police said Cohn invited the couple to his home, but on Wednesday Johnson referred to the…
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