Two of three suspects have been arrested in the armed robbery of a convenience store in Silver Spring.
Around 5:45 a.m. Wednesday, three young men entered the 7-Eleven on Old Columbia Pike. One suspect displayed a handgun, assaulted the clerk, and demanded cash, while another assaulted a customer. After the clerk handed over an undisclosed amount of money, the men bolted out the rear exit.
Patrol officers arrested two of the suspects shortly thereafter.
Delonte Joseph Jordan, 20, was charged with robbery and criminal use of a handgun and is being held on $150,000 bond. Francis Chanda Mbewe, 19, was charged with armed robbery and is being held without bond.
The third subject was described as a black male in his 20s, slim, nearly 6 feet tall, wearing a cloth over his face as a mask. — Elinor Flynn
