CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – A cab driver's hard-earned wages were recently stolen from him at gunpoint, deputies said, but thanks to some quick-acting deputies and a garbage truck driver from Middleburg two of the three suspected robbers didn't get far.
According to the Clay County Sheriff's Office, Jacksonville residents Quintones Chisolm, 23, and Cedric Hubbard, 18, were arrested on Thursday afternoon and charged with armed robbery.
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The sheriff's office said Deputy Chris Faircloth was in the right place at the right time Thursday and witnessed the suspects fleeing from the area where the robbery took place.
The victim told the officer that three men pointed guns at him and took his money and some other items.
Faircloth called for backup to help locate the suspects, who fled on foot.
Hubbard was apprehended while running through the parking lot of a local business, a police report states.
A garbage truck driver in the area spotted Chisolm crawling out of a Dumpster just before the driver was to dump it into his truck.
Deputies said the victim's keys were recovered from the Dumpster.
The victim told police that the suspects arrested were the men who robbed him.
A third, unidentified man who was involved in the armed robbery remains at large.