Two arrested in Seymour market robbery case

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Pablo Cocuyo. Photo courtesy of Seymour Police Department.
Pablo Cocuyo. Photo courtesy of Seymour Police Department.

Seymour police say that they have made two arrests in an investigation of a  knifepoint robbery earlier this week at the Morales Market.

Seymour residents, 29 year old Pablo Cocuyo and 34 year old Nicole Hernandez were arrested at about 11:30 p.m. last night in the 600 block of Indianapolis Avenue. They are both facing preliminary charges of robbery, burglary, intimidation and criminal recklessness.

Photo courtesy of Seymour Police Department.
Nicole Hernandez. Photo courtesy of Seymour Police Department.

The police say that a man and woman robbed the Morales Market on East Tipton Street at about 10:53 p.m. Monday. They displayed knives and held a knife to an employee’s throat while they ordered him to turn over money. They were both wearing hooded sweatshirts and ski masks.