ELLIS —Law enforcement authorities are investigating two suspect for alleged theft in Ellis County.
Just after 7 p.m. Tuesday, police were dispatched to Casey’s General Store, 213 Washington, in Ellis for a report of a robbery.
The victim reported that two men in an SUV with Florida plates had taken money out of his hand and fled the area. Officers arrived on scene shortly after the call was dispatched and searched the immediate area of the incident for the suspect vehicle.
Officers gathered a description of the suspects and the vehicle they were in and had it broadcast to other law enforcement agencies in the area.
The Kansas Highway Patrol found the suspects just east of the Toulon exit on Interstate 70 at about 7:19 p.m. Using a photograph of the suspects, the victim was able to confirm the suspects who were stopped were the ones involved in the incident.
The suspects were then identified as Ungurel Andrei Mutu, 32 and Dragos Iosif Grozavu, 31, both of Romania.
A juvenile also was in the vehicle. Grozavu and Mutu were then placed under arrest without incident and transported to the Ellis County Jail, where they are being held on requested charges of robbery.