Published: 01.05.2007
Two Marines arrested following Benson robbery
The Associated Press

SIERRA VISTA - Two Marines stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif. have been arrested after a convenience store in Benson was robbed at gunpoint, police said.

The two men were arrested west of Benson within minutes of the robbery of the Circle K store early Wednesday afternoon, Benson police Cmdr. Paul Moncada said. They were each charged with one count of armed robbery and four counts of kidnapping, one for each of the people in the store.

Daniel Schaub and Christopher Adams, both 20, made initial appearances in Benson Justice Court Thursday, then taken to the Cochise County Jail in Bisbee.

A Camp Pendleton spokesman said the men are lance corporals who were on leave at the time of the alleged incident.

Police commended witnesses who gave detailed descriptions of the getaway car - a late-model black Mitsubishi Eclipse with a shattered windshield, front-end damage and a small spare tire on the front driver's side. That helped officers spot it outside Benson headed for Interstate 10, Moncada said.

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