COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Two masked men ambushed a travel agency, and the victims told Channel 2 Action News the men threatened to blow the building up.
Channel 2 Action News aired surveillance video of the incident last week.
Now, police tell Channel 2's Chris Jose the armed robbers hit another business at the same time he was reporting on the travel agency holdup.
Cobb police arrested one of the suspects.
“We’re happy that we got at least one of them,” the owner of the travel agency’s son told Jose, asking not to be identified.
Sergio Hernandez, 32, is now at the Cobb County jail with no bond.
“They are dangerous. They look very dangerous, and I’m glad he’s there, paying for what he did,” the son said.
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Police are still searching for the second suspect.
“He’s going to slip up and they’re going to catch him because they’re onto them,” the son said.
On the same day Channel 2 Action News showed you video of the robbers pouring gasoline in the lobby of the travel agency, police say they hit a Western wear business less than 2 miles away in Smyrna.
That was last Wednesday.
Much like the travel agency robbery, police say the robbers entered the store in the middle of the day, had guns and their faces were covered.
Investigators say the gunmen left with cash and also stole a customer’s cellphone.
“We want everyone in the area to be safe, not just us. Everyone needs to be safe here,” the son said.
Police say Hernandez lives less than a mile away from both businesses he is accused of robbing.
He is currently in jail with an immigration hold.
Police believe the second suspect is still in the area.
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