Suspects nabbed following Poway armed robbery

Two suspects were taken into custody about 25 minutes after allegedly robbing Twin Peak Cleaners in Poway on Thursday afternoon, according to sheriff’s deputies.

In a press release, Sgt. Mark Haynesworth said that a male wearing a black ski mask brandished a knife to demanded money from a clerk at the cleaners, located at 14891 Pomerado Road. The suspect obtained an undisclosed amount of money and escaped in a blue Scion TC driven by a second person, Hayesnworth said. The clerk was not injured, he said.

Deputies put out a bulletin to other North County law enforcement agencies and the sheriff’s ASTREA helicopter describing Scion, which had moderate damage to the right front corner.

Haynesworth said the helicopter crew spotted the vehicle and followed it until Poway deputies and San Diego police officers conducted a “high risk traffic stop” in the North County Fair

(Westfield North County) parking lot, near the Target store. The suspects, Taylor Knnick, 21 and Gregory Whittle, 23, both of San Diego, were taken into custody without incident and arrested, Haynesworth said.