Santa Clara County sheriff’s officials arrested two men suspected of armed robbery in Cupertino on Saturday after they participated in a chase on U.S. 101 through Redwood City that ended in Mountain View.
Officers arrived at the 7-Eleven on McClellan Road in Cupertino at around 12:39 a.m. Saturday and learned that two men wearing masks and gloves had stolen money from the cash register while brandishing a firearm. They fled in a getaway vehicle.
At the same time, dispatch received a call about a similar robbery at the 7-Eleven on Homestead Road in Cupertino.
Officers worked with the California Highway Patrol to find the suspected getaway vehicle in Redwood City. They attempted to stop the car, but the driver reportedly did not yield and police embarked on a chase through several cities on the peninsula. Eventually, the suspects’ vehicle made it onto State Highway 85 near U.S. Highway 101. Police used nail barriers to stop the vehicle, which worked, but the suspects exited the vehicle and officers embarked on a foot chase. Both were eventually arrested. Officers claim they found a loaded firearm on one of them and a second firearm in the vehicle.
Yosmar Castro-Cardona, 21, and Jose Herrera, 24, were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, robbery, conspiracy, fleeing while reckless driving, violently resisting arrest, possession of a stolen firearm, carrying a loaded firearm and carrying a concealed firearm. Police said Herrera had an outstanding warrant for another suspected robbery.
