From Chelsea Phua:
Elk Grove police arrested two 15-year-old boys suspected of robbing a liquor store Tuesday morning, officials said. Police are also investigating if the pair is also responsible for a recent rash of liquor store armed robberies in the area.
Department spokesman Officer Chris Trim said at about 11 a.m. Tuesday, one of the suspects walked into the Elk Grove Discount Wine and Liquor store in the 9300 block of Elk Grove Florin Road with a gun and demanded money, while the other waited outside in a vehicle. They made off with some merchandise and an undisclosed amount of cash, Trim said.
The store clerk took down the license plate number of the getaway vehicle and provided police with the suspects' description. Police found out that the vehicle had been stolen in a carjacking incident in the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department jurisdiction. Police later found the stolen vehicle in the 8700 block of Elk Grove Boulevard.
Witnesses told police that they saw two occupants of the vehicle jump a few fences and into the Elk Grove Creek area, where police set up a perimeter to search for the robbers, Trim said. A K9 unit was deployed.
Police found one of the 15-year-old suspects in the 9500 block of Blarney Court. A woman living in the 8700 block of Bray Vista Way was taking out some garbage and found the other suspect hiding inside a garbage can in her back yard. Trim said she ran outside to wave down police officers.
"She opened the lid and he was there," Trim said.
The suspects are not being identified because they are juveniles, but Trim said one is from Sacramento and another does not have a permanent address.
Trim said detectives are working to determine if the boys are also connected to the three liquor store robberies since the weekend. One took place Saturday, one on Sunday and another on Monday. Two were along the Elk Grove Florin Road area and one was along Elk Grove Boulevard.
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