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PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Two men who are connected to a robbery astatine a marketplace successful Porterville and an attempted robbery astatine Home Depot that was closed connected Tuesday were arrested, constabulary said.
According to officers, the 2 men who were arrested are 32-year-old Cody Smith and 33-year-old Julian Garcia.
Police were dispatched connected July 8 astatine 12:30 a.m. to the Sunrise Handy Market located astatine 415 West Poplar Ave., regarding a robbery. Around the aforesaid time, officers were dispatched to the Home Depot, located astatine 750 South Jaye St., regarding suspicious circumstances.
After talking to employees astatine the Sunrise Handy Market, officers learned that a antheral dressed successful acheronian clothing, gloves and a disguise entered the store and brandished a gun. The antheral demanded money, and aft helium received it, helium exited the store and entered a silver-colored sedan. The conveyance was driven by different man.
As the robbery astatine the marketplace was being investigated, officers astatine the Home Depot were told by employees that a antheral had knocked connected the doors of the business. The antheral who was wearing acheronian clothes, gloves and a disguise told employees to unfastened the door. Due to the concern being closed, the employees didn't unfastened the doors and called the police.
Police said they determined the fishy fled the store successful a metallic sedan and past drove to Sunrise Handy Market.
During further investigation, constabulary were capable to place the fishy conveyance and aboriginal recovered it parked and unoccupied.
Later that day, astatine astir 8:10 a.m., detectives saw 2 men participate the fishy conveyance and thrust away. They initiated a high-risk halt connected the vehicle, but the operator did not output and constabulary said they fled successful a reckless manner.
After a abbreviated pursuit, the driver, who had been identified arsenic Smith, stopped the conveyance successful a parking lot, wherever helium and Garcia fled.
Detectives and Evidence Technicians conducted a hunt of the fishy conveyance and recovered grounds that linked Smith to the equipped robbery astatine Sunrise Handy Market and the attempted robbery astatine the Home Depot.
As the probe progressed, detectives identified the 2nd fishy arsenic Garcia.
Both men were booked astatine the Tulare County Sheriff's Office South County Detention Facility.
