Two arrested after car chase in 7-Eleven robbery sting

( KRON ) – Two men were arrested after a string of 7-Eleven robberies in Cupertino, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office.

The robbery occurred Saturday at a 7-Eleven on McClellan Road in Cupertino. According to the sheriff's office, responding deputies arrived shortly after the robbery around 12:39 a.m. Deputies learned that two masked and gloved men brandished a firearm at the store's associate and stole money from the cashier register. The masked suspects fled in a getaway vehicle prior to the deputies’ arrival.

According to the sheriff's office, while deputies were conducting a preliminary investigation, another 7-Eleven on Homestead Road was being robbed.

California Highway Patrol assisted the sheriff's office with locating the suspect's vehicle in Redwood City.

Deputies attempted to conduct a vehicle stop on the vehicle, but the driver did not comply. Deputies said they pursued the vehicle through several San Mateo County cities. The car chase ended when deputies deployed spike strips, disabling the suspect on the Highway 85 on-ramp from Highway 101. The suspects then fled on foot but were detained.

The suspects were identified as 21-year-old Yosmar Castro-Cardona and 24-year-old Jose Herrera.

In detaining Castro-Cardona, deputies said they prevented him from reaching for an unknown object in his pant pocket. The object was later identified as a loaded gun, according to deputies.

Herrera and Castro-Cardona were arrested and booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on suspicion of multiple charges:

• Attempted murder
• Robbery
• Conspiracy
• Evading while driving recklessly
• Violently resisting arrest
• Possession of a stolen firearm
• Carrying a loaded firearm
• Carrying a concealed firearm

According to the sheriff's office, Herrera had two outstanding warrants from an unrelated robbery. According to the sheriff's office, Castro-Cardona, Herrera and a deputy sustained minor injuries in the arrest.

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