A local man with a significant criminal history in Grass Valley and other nearby areas is being sought again by police. Sergeant Brian Blakemore says 26-year-old Matthew Little reportedly robbed a store on East Main Street late Monday morning. And at least some of the incident was caught on a video surveillance camera inside the business…

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Blakemore says pepper spray was also used by Little, but there’s no evidence of any other weapons…

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In 2018, Little was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for reportedly luring a theft suspect to a Grass Valley home, with two other young men, and threatening him with a gun. He had no prior arrests at that time. And then nearly a year ago, he was arrested for a string of burglaries of downtown businesses. After making bail, he failed to make his next court appearance.