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Sarasota News Leader October 11, 2013 Page 85 TWO CHARGED IN ARMED ROBBERY AFTER VEHICLE CHASE Two men have been arrested and charged with Armed Robbery after allegedly holding up a man at gunpoint and leading Sarasota police officers on a two-county chase, the Police Department has reported. At approximately 3:15 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, the victim flagged down Sarasota police officers in the area of 24th Street and Pershing Avenue in Sarasota, telling them he had been robbed at gunpoint, a news release says. After briefly losing sight of the vehicle, officers saw it in a ditch on 63rd Avenue East in Manatee County, the release continues. Assisted by the Manatee County Sheriff's Office, the Sarasota Police Department arrested Elroy Johnson, 19, and Jermaine Conaway, 18, according to the report. Both men were later identified by the victim, the release says. They were transported to the Manatee County Jail, it adds. The victim provided the officers a description of the suspects and the vehicle in which they A single-barrel shotgun was recovered at the intersection of 24th Street and Pershing fled the scene, the release notes. Avenue, the release says. The suspects' Acura Officers found a vehicle matching the descrip- was reported stolen during a carjacking in tion and attempted to conduct a traffic stop. Manatee County, it notes. The vehicle fled, the release continues, and a pursuit proceeded northbound on U.S. 301 Other charges against the suspects are into Manatee County. pending. A vehicle with armed robbery suspects ended up in a Manatee County ditch on Sunday. Contributed photo