Police arrested a man suspected in two armed robberies within minutes of each other Sunday in San Mateo County.
The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said the first robbery happened at about 7 p.m. at a 7-Eleven on the 500 block of Oak Grove Ave. in Menlo Park . Witnesses said the suspect wore all-black clothing, was armed with a handgun, and fled in a green Saturn vehicle before deputies arrived, the Sheriff's Office said.
A Menlo Park police officer spotted the Saturn fleeing the area at a high rate of speed and tried to pull it over but the suspect continued fleeing, the office said. Eventually, the vehicle crashed near Marsh Road and Scott Drive and the driver ran from the scene before being arrested after a short chase, the office said.The suspect was identified as 26-year-old Edgar Gonzalez Zamora of Redwood City and booked into the Maguire Correctional Facility for armed robbery.
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