King enters not guilty plea in Oct. 29 armed robbery

Updated 9 a.m. Nov. 8, 2022 Joshua Daniel Allen King, 35 of Marysville, entered a not guilty plea Monday in an Oct. 29 armed robbery in Sun City Lincoln Hills. He is scheduled for an early settlement conference on Nov. 15. He is currently held at the Placer County jail without bail. The Placer County District Attorney's Office filed a criminal complaint against King for charges of felony robbery, among other charges as it is relates to the Oct. 29 armed robbery. Specifically, the District Attorney's Office alleges that the defendant committed residential burglary and robbery upon the victim while using a deadly and dangerous weapon. The complaint also alleges that King threatened the victim with great bodily injury or death. King is also charged with identity theft for using the victim's personal identifying information after the robbery. The complaint includes a special allegation of committing a violent crime on a victim over age 65, and allegations that King was previously convicted of a prior serious or violent felony. The Public Defender's Office was appointed to represent King. King was arrested by Lincoln Police on Nov. 3 for the Oct. 29 armed robbery at Sun City Lincoln Hills. King was identified by using the victim's stolen credit card at a local business, according to the Lincoln Police Department on Nov. 4. Lincoln Police arrested King at his residence in Marysville. King was booked at the Placer County Jail on multiple felonies, including first degree robbery in an inhabited dwelling, damaging phone lines and elder abuse. According to the Lincoln Police Department, King allegedly pulled a knife and demanded money inside a victim's Sun City Lincoln Hills house. The victim was not injured during the incident, according to Lincoln Police. King allegedly took the victim's cash, checks, credit cards, cell phone and driver's license, according to Lincoln Police. Officers were dispatched to the area of Lariat Loop for a report of a robbery at about 6:37 p.m. Oct. 29, according to the Lincoln Police Department on Oct. 31. The 89-year-old female victim told officers that the suspect at her front door asked to retrieve his child's ball from her backyard. The victim allowed the suspect inside her house, Lincoln Police said. After the robbery, Lincoln Police said, he left in an unknown direction and it was not known if he left in a vehicle or on foot. Lincoln Police "later discovered the suspect tried the same type of ruse in the same area a few minutes before but was not given access to the house by the residents," according to the Lincoln Police Department. The Lincoln News Messenger asked the Lincoln Police Department on Oct. 31 if residents should be concerned that this suspect had not yet been caught. "No, we believe this was an isolated incident," the Lincoln Police Department responded. Residents can protect themselves, the Lincoln Police Department said, by being "cautious when opening your door for strangers." Detectives are requesting the public contact the Lincoln Police Department at 916-645-4040 if they had contact with King or saw him in Lincoln on Oct. 29. The incident remains under investigation.