Police have arrested a pair of men suspected in the robbery of a Cumming smoke shop.
Elmer Mathews, 17, and John S. Posh, 21, both of Flowery Branch, are in the Forsyth County Detention Center awaiting bail proceedings, police said
A gunman, allegedly Posh, entered Puff n Stuff at 410 Atlanta Road after 9:30 p.m. Feb. 29 and held a gun to the head of a customer -- allegedly Mathews -- who had entered the store moments earlier, police said.
The gunman demanded money, and the store clerk handed over cash from the register, police spokesman Sgt. Bryan Zimbardi said.
The gunman immediately fled, and the stick-up victim left soon after. The entire incident was caught on the store’s surveillance video.
“Both the gunman and the supposed victim were involved in the execution of the robbery,” Zimbardi said.
A tipster led investigators to both men, he said, and they were arrested early Tuesday morning.
Posh and Mathews are neighbors and were arrested near their homes with the help of the Hall County Sheriff's Office, authorities said.
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