Two arrested in armed robbery Two...

Two arrested in armed robbery

Two men were arrested on suspicion of armed robbery Friday.

Marco Vazquez, 20, and Mauricio Agurto, 18, both of Whittier, were

arrested after 30-year-old Jason Marino was robbed at gunpoint while

walking westbound on Pacific Coast Highway near 6th Street at 1 a.m.

Police believe the men pulled up behind Marino and demanded his

wallet. One of the men was brandishing a semiautomatic handgun.

Marino gave them his wallet and the men fled westbound on Pacific

Coast Highway.

Police spotted a vehicle matching the description given by Marino

driving northbound on the San Diego Freeway a short time later. They

stopped the vehicle and took the men into custody, Huntington Beach

Police Sgt. Gary Meza said.

The men were later booked and held at the Huntington Beach Police

Department jail.

Police believe that the men may be responsible for a similar

robbery that took place in Brea earlier that evening.

-- Jose Paul Corona