FREMONT – Police in the East Bay arrested three people and recovered $10,000 in cigarettes following a convenience store robbery and pursuit late Monday night.
According to Fremont Police, officers responded to a robbery at a convenience store on Central Avenue shortly before 10:45 p.m.
A store clerk told officers that two masked suspects entered the store and stole cigarettes from behind the counter and made gestures that caused the clerks to believe the suspects were armed. The suspects then fled the scene in a vehicle.
Responding officers located the suspect vehicle nearby. Police said the suspects then led officers on a pursuit into neighboring Newark, which ended in a crash near Central Avenue and Cedar Boulevard.
The driver and front passenger fled the scene on foot, while the rear passenger complied with officers and was taken into custody at the scene. An officer with the Newark Police Department took the front passenger into custody a short distance away, while Fremont Police officers took the driver into custody after a foot pursuit.