Suspected Armed Robbers Wreak Havoc In Lake Forest Sunday Night

LAKE FOREST, CA — Two armed robbers wreaked havoc with an airsoft gun across Lake Forest over the weekend until they were ultimately arrested, authorities reported Monday. The incidents were connected, an Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesperson told Patch.

The first robbery was reported at 8:57 p.m. Sunday in the 23000 block of Orange Avenue, Orange County sheriff's Lt. Todd Russ said. The victim claimed that "a man held him at gunpoint outside an apartment complex and took his cellphone and wallet," Russ said.

Just a short time later, another armed robbery was reported at just before 9:15 p.m. by a man who claimed two men tried to rob him at El Toro Road and Muirlands Boulevard and that a handgun was brandished, the lieutenant said.

There was no loss to personal property, and both suspects fled the scene.

Deputies located two men, positively identified by the victims to be the suspects in both crimes, a short distance away, Russ said.

They were detained, and officers discovered one of the suspects was carrying an airsoft pellet handgun, he said.

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