Police Seek Two Suspects Connected To East Austin Store Robberies: VIDEO

EAST AUSTIN, TX -- Police continue to search for two suspect they say robbed several stores earlier this month, releasing surveillance video from one of the businesses in asking for the public's help in bringing them in.

Police say one of the suspects hit the Bread Basket store at 2150 E. 7th St. on May 3 at about 6:27 a.m. Cops add the man brought along an accomplice three days later when an Exxon store at 3926 Ed Bluestein Blvd. was robbed at 11:31 a.m.

The spree continued on May 7, when the same Bread Basket store was hit again at 7:15 a.m.

A weapon was displayed in all three cases, police say. In two of the three robberies, victims were assaulted during the course of the robberies, police added.

The first suspect is described as a black male, standing between 5’8″ and 5’10” tall with a stocky build. The second suspect is described as a black male standing at between 5’11” to 6’ tall and of slender build.

Anyone with information is asked to call the APD Robbery Tip Line at (512) 974-5092 or Capital Area Crime Stoppers at (512) 472-TIPS.