Two Armed Robbery Suspects Arrested In Hercules: Police

HERCULES, CA — Hercules Police officers arrested two armed robbery suspects Sunday while seizing a loaded handgun and a second loaded extended magazine, according to police reports.

Police were notified of an armed robbery Sunday night at 11:47 p.m. When officers arrived at the 500 block of Dutch Elm Drive they found two male victims hiding. They told officers that two Black men held them at gun point and demanded they empty their pockets.

One victim told police that a suspect demanded to be taken to the victim’s home. The victims managed to run away and hide. The suspects fled the area in a maroon colored Mercedes Benz.

As an officer was talking to the victims a Mercedes, matching the description, drove by.

Officers stopped the Mercedes. The two men in the car were positively identified by the victims. The pistol officers seized was stolen during a residential burglary in Reno, Nevada.

-Image via Hercules Police

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