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VICTORVILLE, Calif. – Two employees were arrested for conspiring to rob a Victorville Autozone.

On February 11, 2019, at around 10:00 p.m., a black man entered the store located 14675 Palmdale Road in the City of Victorville. The suspect was wearing a bandana over his face, gloves, and dark-colored clothing. He brandished a handgun and ordered the female employee to the ground and told the male employee to give him the money in the registers and in the safe. The employees complied and the suspect fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Through investigation, it was learned that two Autozone employees conspired to commit the robbery. The male employee at the store, a manager, was the second suspect involved detectives said. The suspects were identified as Marquez Donell Assaborne, 29, of Chino, and Gonzalo Eduardo Lara, 22, of Victorville.

Four stolen handguns were found in the possession of the suspects, one learned to be the one used during the robbery. On March 21, 2019, Assabore was arrested near his Chino home and booked at West Valley Detention Center for robbery and conspiring to commit a crime. On April 2, 2019, Lara was arrested in Victorville and booked at High Desert Detention Center for robbery and conspiring to commit a crime. Both are scheduled to appear at the Victorville Superior Court on Thursday, April 4, 2019, and are being held in lieu of $100,000 bail.

Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact Detective S. Andersen at the Victorville Police Department at (760) 241-2911 or Sheriff’s Dispatch at (760) 956-5001. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463) or you may leave information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.