Police arrest 2 after clothes robbery...

Police arrest 2 after clothes robbery

Two men were arrested in their Santa Ana home after they

reportedly made off with clothes from a Costa Mesa store Thursday

afternoon, officials said.

Gilberto Astudillo, 25, and Argeny Martinez, 19, were arrested on

suspicion of robbery, Costa Mesa Police Lt. Les Gogerty said. The

incident happened at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Ross Dress for

Less store in the 200 block of East 17th Street.

“One of the two men entered the store and took the clothes,” he

said. “When he tried to walk out with the stuff, a security guard

confronted him, at which time, he pulled out a pocket knife.”

The man then joined his companion, who was waiting outside the

store in a car, Gogerty said. Witnesses got the license plate number

of the vehicle, he said.

“Officers went to the address and found the suspects in the

residence,” Gogerty said.

The incident started off as a burglary, and would have remained

one if the security guard had not stopped the suspect, he said.