RICHMOND — An ex-convict already in custody and being prosecuted with another man in a violent Oakland robbery Feb. 10 that was captured on video surveillance, was formally charged Monday with another robbery that happened a few hours later in Richmond, authorities said.
Latif Malik, 24, was charged by Contra Costa County prosecutors with second degree robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm in the armed robbery of a man that happened about 5 p.m. Feb.10 on San Pablo Avenue in Richmond.
Even though he is being held without bail in Alameda County’s Santa Rita Jail, the Contra Costa County charges carry a $410,000 bail, authorities said.
Malik was charged in Alameda County on Feb. 19 with second degree robbery in the Feb. 10 robbery of a 20-year-old man as he washed his car about 1:30 p.m. in the 2000 block of Damuth Street in the Dimond district. The man lost a cell phone and gold chains to a pair of suspects.
Malik was arrested Feb. 14 in Merced by California Highway Patrol officers. In video surveillance of both the Oakland and Richmond robberies, he had a beard and long dreadlocks, but had cut his hair and beard afterward before he was arrested.
Even though he admitted his involvement in the Oakland robbery, he has pleaded not guilty and is due in Alameda County Superior Court April 8 for a pre-trial hearing. He was on parole for carjacking at the time of the two robberies and faces a parole revocation hearing the same day, according to court records.
The second suspect in the Oakland robbery, Michael Monah, 30 of Pittsburg, is also charged with second degree robbery. He was arrested Feb. 20 in El Cerrito. He has pleaded not guilty and is also scheduled for a pre-trial hearing April 8. Because he was on probation for a March 2028 conviction for felon in possession of a firearm, he is also being held without bail at Santa Rita and faced a probation revocation hearing the same day.