Yet Another Crime at Soquel Quik Stop

The gas station at 5505 Soquel Drive has come up in the news for all the wrong reasons since November. 

On and , armed robbers made out with cash at the mini-mart. Then in late January, a .

Trouble struck again early Saturday morning, when a 21-year-old man was punched in the face and chased around the building. The victim entered the store to pay for his gas at 12:08 a.m., and upon exiting the store was confronted by two acquaintances.

"He heard one of them yell something derogatory at him, then he was struck in the face twice," Sheriff's Deputy April Skalland told Capitola-Soquel Patch.

He scurried away from the attackers and was chased around the parking lot before outrunning them into the store, where the clerk and a bystander told him they had called 911, Skalland said.

When the attackers learned that police were on the way, they fled the scene in cars. Although the victim named the suspects, Skalland said authorities were unable to find anyone matching their supposed identity.

Unlike the late January incident, Saturday's battery "does not sound gang related," according to Skalland. 

Although the four incidents are unrelated, a history crime is certainly piling up at the Soquel gas station. Why do you think that is? Does the recurrence of violent crime in your hometown worry you? Tell us in the comments!