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Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two men Saturday suspected of armed robberies in Cupertino after a chase along U.S. 101 through Redwood City that ended in Mountain View.

 Deputies arrived at the 7-Eleven on McClellan Road in Cupertino at about 12:39 a.m. Saturday and learned that two men wearing masks and gloves stole money from the cash register while brandishing a firearm. They left in a getaway vehicle. 

 At the same time, dispatch received a call about a similar robbery at the 7-Eleven on Homestead Road in Cupertino. 

Deputies worked with the California Highway Patrol to locate the suspected getaway vehicle in Redwood City. They tried to stop the car, but the driver allegedly failed to yield and led police on a chase through several peninsula cities. Eventually the suspects’ vehicle got onto state Highway 85 near U.S. Highway 101. Law enforcement deployed spike strips in an effort to stop the vehicle, which worked, but the suspects got out of the vehicle and led deputies on a foot chase. Both were eventually apprehended. Deputies allege they found a loaded firearm on one of them and a second firearm in the vehicle. 

 Arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, robbery, conspiracy, evading while driving recklessly, violently resisting arrest, possession of a stolen firearm, carrying a loaded firearm and carrying a concealed firearm were Yosmar Castro-Cardona, 21, and Jose Herrera, 24. Police said Herrera had an outstanding warrant for another alleged robbery.

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