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SOUTH JORDAN — Two men stole from a Wal-Mart store and allegedly threatened a security guard before fleeing to a Harmons grocery store, police said.
South Jordan police responded to reports of a robbery at the Wal-Mart located at 11328 S. Jordan Gateway, Thursday around 4 p.m.
Wal-Mart security employees tried to stop two men suspected of shoplifting, police said. One of the men allegedly told the security officer he had a gun, although one wasn't seen. The men drove away, but police officers located their vehicle and followed it to the Harmons at 10507 S. Redwood Road.
Both men entered the Harmons store but were arrested as they exited. Marcel Gregory Redding, 28, and Salvador Joe Manzano, 25, were booked into the Salt Lake County Adult Detention Center for investigation of charges related to aggravated robbery.
Redding had warrants for his arrest and prior arrests including aggravated assault with a weapon, multiple shoplifting arrests and drug distribution charges, according to South Jordan police. Manzano had prior arrests including resisting arrest, domestic assault, domestic assault in the presence of a child and drug related charges, police said.
Investigators recovered about $500 worth of movies and clothing they said was stolen from the Wal-Mart. They were waiting for a warrant to search the men’s car for a possible gun.
“Even if the suspects were not armed, the sheer fact they told the security officer they were armed and to let them leave raises the simple shoplifting violation to an aggravated robbery,” Officer Samuel Winkler of the South Jordan Police Department said in a statement.
More information will be posted as it becomes available.
