2 arrested after $36 BuzzBallz armed robbery at Kennewick store
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- Two men allegedly robbed a Kennewick convenience store for $36 in alcohol
- Clerk confronted the suspects; one pulled a handgun, pointed it, before the suspects fled.
- Police located and arrested the suspects and booked them.
Two men are accused of robbing a convenience store employee at gunpoint for a pair of BuzzBallz.
Abel Mussie, 20, and Diego G. Guerra, 18, were carrying around the large bottled mixed alcoholic drinks at the Jet Mart convenience store at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, court documents said. The bottles normally sell for $18 a piece.
A clerk watched the men wander through the store and believed they planned to steal the alcohol, court documents said. So he approached them, told them to pay if they intended to take the alcohol.
One of the men allegedly pulled out a handgun and held it by his side. Then he pointed it at the clerk, who raised his hands, said investigators.
The suspects left with the BuzzBallz, but security video caught them getting into a BMW with a California license plate, court documents said.
Police had no other leads until they were called to an unrelated incident about 11 p.m. on the 1300 block of Vancouver Street on Sunday.
On the other side of the street, on the 1400 block of Vancouver Street, police spotted two men at a vacation rental and a BMW with a California license plate was parked in front, said court documents.
Officers surrounded the home and as they were preparing to go inside, several men and women came outside, including the suspected robbers.
Guerra allegedly admitted to being at the convenience store, but when the investigator pressed about what happened, “He told me that officers already knew, and he didn’t want to speak with me anymore.”
The men were arrested and booked into the Benton County jail on suspicion of first-degree robbery. Bail is set at $75,000.