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Police tie incident at BBC with robbery at 7-11 store

Menlo Park police arrested three men on Thursday, Nov. 5, in connection with a bottle-throwing incident at the British Bankers Club night club on El Camino Real, and a later robbery at the nearby 7-11 convenience store at Alma Street and Oak Grove Avenue.

Police charged Christian Efrain Gomez, 18, and Mario Navarrette, 21, both of East Palo Alto, and Salvador Gomez, 20, of Menlo Park, with robbery and conspiracy, said Sgt. William A. Dixon of the Menlo Park Police Department.

Other charges included assault with a deadly weapon, and possession of a dirk or dagger, police said.

The situation began with a report from the BBC to police that a patron had thrown a beer bottle at an employee Thursday at about 10:35 p.m., then fled the club on foot with two other patrons.

About 12 minutes later, police learned of the 7-11 robbery of currency and merchandise by three suspects matching the descriptions from the BBC incident, police said.

Menlo Park officers Thomas Crutchfield and Rolando Igno apprehended three men in two Menlo Park locations within five minutes of learning of the robbery. Witnesses identified the three men, and surveillance footage confirmed their identities, police said. The property from the robbery was recovered.