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Police responded to a report of an armed robbery in the area of Linden Street by Forest Avenue in Salem around 1 p.m. on Sept. 6, Salem Police said on Facebook.
The manager told responding officers that a man wearing dark clothes and a blue surgical mask pointed a gun at her and forced his way into her driver's seat while walking to her car with money to deposit.
The man then drove a short distance, bound the woman and left with the money, police said. Investigators later identified the suspect as Jose Luis Mendoza-Baez, age 26, of Salem, and arrested him three days later.
A second suspect, identified as Yoel Perez-Feliz, age 33, of Marblehead, was also arrested on Tuesday, Sept. 13, police said. Both men are facing several charges including armed robbery, carjacking and kidnapping.
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