PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say two former employees of a doughnut chain are in custody for allegedly trying to rob a store in Queen Creek.
Maricopa County Sheriff's officials say 22-year-old Richard Villalobos and 18-year-old Jerett T. Dowland are being held on suspicion of armed robbery and kidnapping.
They say a passing motorist saw two men inside the Dunkin' Donuts store pointing guns at store workers about 2 a.m. Monday and called police.
Deputies arrived and say they found Villalobos and Dowland in the store holding three employees at gunpoint.
Sheriff's officials say Villalobos was once a shift leader at that store while Dowland was recently let go from a Dunkin' Donuts store in Tempe on suspicion of stealing credit-card numbers.
Authorities say they don't know if either suspect has a lawyer yet.
Juggernaut8000 posted at 12:20 pm on Fri, Aug 10, 2012.
These have to be the stupidest robbers in history. Why risk a long jail sentence or possibly geting shot (which is too bad that didn't happen in this instance) for the 50 bucks from the register.
Too bad the cops didn't shoot and kill both of them where they stood.