COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Two men are behind bars after an armed robbery turned into a police chase in north Columbus Friday evening.
According to police, 29-year-old Yohendy Toribio and 21-year-old Robert Riascos followed two women home from a shopping center on Bethel Road.
While the women were unloading groceries at a home on Old Henderson Road, the suspects ran up to to the victims and began threatening them with a gun and a large knife, robbing the women of their money and jewelry.
The victims were able to grab a photo of the suspects’ car before Toribio and Riascos drove away.
Police officers were able to use that information to spot the suspects’ car in a parking lot, but when they tried to stop the suspects, Toribio and Riascos took off.
Officers eventually caught up to the suspects and arrested them.
Toribio and Riascos are in the Franklin County Jail on aggravated robbery charges. Police also say they are investigating the suspects’ connections to other similar robbery cases that have happened in the last month.
Anyone with information on the suspects or the crime is asked to reach out to the Columbus police robbery unit at 614-645-4662, or leave an anonymous tip with Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-8477.
Source: abc6onyourside.com
