HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Two Kansas men have been formally charged in connection with the armed hold up of two convenience stores January 31.
Kevon Ford, 22 and Trevor McDade, 21, both of Hutchinson are being held on two counts of aggravated robbery.
The two are accused of the armed hold ups of the 17th and Monroe and the 43rd and Plum Kwik Shop stores. In both cases an armed man using an ice scraper or a hand saw as a weapon made off with either money or tobacco products or both.
The two were arrested when officers arrived in the area of 43rd and Plum located a suspect just outside a vehicle identified as a grey 2013 Ford Fusion.
The man was similar in appearance to the suspect in both robberies. While speaking with the man, police located another suspect in the front driver’s seat of the vehicle. Inside the Fusion, police found evidence associated with the robberies. The car was reported stolen later that morning.