An Aurora convenience store clerk wasn’t going to take it when two teens came in to rob his store on the 600 block of East Ashland Friday.
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The 23-year-old male clerk challenged the robbers by throwing a chair at them, Aurora police spokesman Dan Ferrelli said. Both dropped their weapons and ran from the store, he said.
The clerk chased them and caught the 14-year-old on the 1000 block of Bangs Street, where another man helped him hold the boy until police arrived, Ferrelli said.
The 15-year-old was located several minutes later near Bangs and Parker when someone called police to report a suspicious person. The teen was arrested without incident, Ferrelli said.
Nothing was stolen during the robbery and no injuries were reported, Ferrelli said.
The two teens have also been charged with robbing the same convenience store Dec. 15.
During both robberies, the boys wore masks and were armed with large kitchen-type knives, police said. They demanded cash and merchandise from a store clerk in each incident, Ferrelli said in an email.
In the Dec. 15 robbery, a 26-year-old male clerk handed over about $460 in cash and tobacco products, Ferrelli said.
The teens, each charged with two counts of armed robbery, were taken to the youth home, Ferrelli said.
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