LAGUNA NIGUEL – Two men attempted to rob two grocery store employees Friday night using a fake handgun, police said.
Authorities said two men got out of a black Audi at the Albertsons at 30241 Golden Lantern at 11:53 p.m. and confronted two store employees in the parking lot with what looked like a black gun.
The men demanded their wallets, but the store employees said they did not have them and a fight ensued, Sgt. Joe Balicki said.
Officials said the Audi containing three additional people left the parking lot, leaving the two would-be robbers behind.
Alerted by the victims, Sheriff's deputies pulled over an Audi matching the given description and found four men and one woman inside, Balicki said.
Two of the passengers were identified by the store employees as the men who attempted to rob them, authorities said.
During a search of the car, an officer found a fake gun and the two men identified as the attempted robbers were arrested, Balicki said.
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