Last modified: Monday, January 5, 2009 10:54 AM PST Police arrest two after gas station robbery By Katie Pizza Argus Observer Ontario — The Ontario Police Department arrested two Ontario men in connection with the armed robbery of a local gas station at 10 p.m. Sunday. OPD Capt. Mark Alexander said three individuals entered an Ontario Shell Station, situated at 1320 S.W. Fourth Ave., with a knife and ordered the three gas station employees to the floor. “They took merchandise, cash, and personal property from the three employees,” Alexander said. The three then fled in a 1980 Toyota pickup. Police dispatch was then informed of the robbery and the vehicle was then located on Southwest Fifth Avenue at Southwest Fourth Street. At the time officers discovered the vehicle, only two occupants remained inside. One of the occupants, later determined to be Juvenal Pineda, 18, fled and was later found hiding on top of a house in the 300 block of Southwest Sixth Avenue. He was apprehended. The driver of the vehicle, Loren Stewart, 19, was also arrested. Both were arrested and charged with four counts of robbery in the first degree, conspiracy to commit robbery in the first degree, burglary in the first degree and three counts of menacing. Alexander said OPD is currently investigating suspects, one of whom could be the third male who entered the establishment. However, no charges have been made as of yet. Officers also arrested an Ontario male for a Payette County felony warrant and charged him with furnishing alcohol to a minor at the Holiday Inn Express at 9:20 p.m. Friday. Jesus Menchaca, 27, was in a room at the hotel when he was arrested for a Payette County probation violation stemming from a dangerous drug charge. Also in the room with him was a 19-year-old female, who police say Menchaca bought alcohol for. Menchaca was also charged with resisting arrest. In other public safety news: OPD is still on the lookout for Nicholas Young, 29, who they believe stole two shotguns and a 7mm rifle from a 2000 Chevy Tahoe on Nov. 29.