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2 Arrested In Gold Chain Robberies Off Victims' Necks In Fremont

FREMONT (CBS SF) -- Police arrested two men Tuesday in connection with a pair of robberies that occurred in Fremont last week.

Michael Hilburn, 20, and Milo Anderson, 25, are suspected of being responsible for back-to-back robberies of gold chains on Friday afternoon in the Ardenwood neighborhood.

Detectives arrested the suspects, both Newark residents, during a traffic stop at 12:28 p.m. Tuesday.

The suspects' vehicle matched the one from a photo taken by a witness during the second robbery, police said.

The first robbery occurred at 2:36 p.m. Friday in the vicinity of Maybird Circle, when a 43-year-old woman had a gold chain grabbed off her neck, police said. The suspect fled in a vehicle waiting nearby.

Then at 5:10 p.m., a gold chain was grabbed from the neck of a 34-year-old woman in the same area. Police said the suspect approached her from behind, took the jewelry and shoved her to the ground.

When the suspect made his escape in a waiting vehicle, an alert witness took a picture of it, police said.

The two suspects were booked into jail on suspicion of two counts of robbery, according to police.

 

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