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Cops run alleged armed bank robbers off the road near north Cobb

Mugshots of Jose Luis Sandoval, left, and Rene Medina Rivera

Credit: Cherokee County Sheriff's Office

Credit: Cherokee County Sheriff's Office

Mugshots of Jose Luis Sandoval, left, and Rene Medina Rivera
By Ben Brasch
Dec 6, 2018

After 12 minutes on the run Wednesday, two men were arrested for allegedly robbing a Woodstock bank at gunpoint.

Rene Medina Rivera and Jose Luis Sandoval were charged with armed robbery and possessing firearms during a crime, according to a news release from Woodstock police.

The men are accused of robbing the BB&T Bank at 936 Towne Lake Parkway, about a mile from the Cherokee-Cobb county line. Cops quickly got a description.

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The men sped off in a vehicle and were found on Bells Ferry Road. A deputy tried to pull them over, but the suspects kept driving. Police stopped the vehicle using a PIT, or “pursuit intervention technique,” in which an officer usually pushes their vehicle into another vehicle to make it lose control.

After a short foot chase, cops arrested both men about 1:30 p.m.

As of Wednesday night, they were in Cherokee County jail without bond.

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