Teens arrested after armed robbery near UC Berkeley
The suspects, Mateo Haro Rodriguez and Daniel Cestoni Montenegro, fled from Berkeley police, resulting in a brief pursuit.
Police arrested two teenagers from Antioch in connection with an armed robbery overnight on UC Berkeley's Frat Row.
A young man in his 20s called Berkeley police at 2 a.m. to say he had just been robbed at gunpoint in the 2700 block of Channing Way near Piedmont Avenue.
He had been walking from a fraternity with his friend in the Southside neighborhood when a stranger approached "and pointed a black handgun at his chest, demanding jewelry or they would shoot them," authorities said.
The victim gave the robber his gold chains and the suspect got into a car and fled, police said.
BPD spotted the robbery vehicle near Channing Way and Ellsworth Street, resulting in a short pursuit, authorities said.
The chase ended when the driver crashed into the center median at Shattuck Avenue and Haste Street, according to BPD.
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Both people in the car sustained minor injuries. Police arrested the pair without incident, authorities said.
During a subsequent search, officers found two loaded handguns, according to Berkeley police.
The arrested individuals were identified as 18-year-old Mateo Haro Rodriguez and 19-year-old Daniel Cestoni Montenegro, BPD said Friday in response to a Scanner inquiry.
Cestoni was being held on $275,000 bail and Haro, the alleged driver, on $255,000 bail, according to booking records.
They are scheduled for arraignment Tuesday.
Booking photographs were not immediately available, police said.
This story will be updated if they are provided in the future.
