Two men have been arrested after allegedly breaking into a Cape Coral arcade armed with guns.
According to the Cape Coral Police Department, at around 10 a.m. Monday, officers received a call that an armed robbery had occurred at the Hurricane Arcade on Pine Island Road.
Callers reported that a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and mask over his face entered the back of Hurricane Arcade and robbed the establishment at gunpoint.
The man reportedly grabbed a cash box from employees at gunpoint. Witnesses saw him flee on foot and enter the passenger side door of a blue Honda SUV.
Officers located the SUV and activated their emergency lights and sirens, but the SUV sped away.
The SUV kept speeding away until it hit a pole and landed in an embankment near Andalusia Boulevard and Durden Parkway.
The driver was identified as 24-year-old Mikael Alejandro Blanc Stewart, and the passenger was identified as 23-year-old Jailyn Tyreke Thomas.
Thomas is being charged with robbery with a firearm. Stewart is being charged with robbery with a firearm and fleeing and eluding a law enforcement officer.
