Gilroy police arrest two over alleged shoplifting
GILROY, Calif. Police responded to reports of an armed robbery at 6:10 p.m. at
211 First St. They were told that a female suspect concealed beer in her coat
to take it from the store.
Police said that a store employee then followed the woman out of
the store and demanded she return the beer. But a man got out of his car and
threatened the store employee with a knife, and the two escaped together.
A short time later police found the vehicle described by employees
and pulled it over. Manuel Beltran and Dominique Espinoza, both 28-years-old,
were in the car and police found Espinoza in possession of a knife.
Police recovered the allegedly stolen beer and booked the two
suspects into San Jose Main Jail.
