Pair of Early Morning Robberies Sunday

Santa Cruz police reported that four youths were victims of two armed robberies at 12:37  and 1 a.m. Sunday.

The first occurred at Fair Avenue and the railroad tracks, when two suspects pulled a gun on two victims and demanded money and cellphones.

The youths called police a short time later, and officers responded with dogs and searched the area. At 1 a.m., the same duo apparently robbed two more people at High and Storey streets. Those victims didn't call police until 2:37 a.m.

The suspects demanded that the victims empty their pockets and give them their possessions, police said. The suspects stole a backpack, wallet with cash and a cellphone. The suspects told the victims to start running and apparently drove off in a white car driven by a third man.

Here are the descriptions of the suspects:

1. White man, approximately 18, six-foot-two, medium build wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, dark pants and a red bandanna (covering his face) with a black semiautomatic handgun
2. White man, approximately 18, five-foot-eight, wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, dark pants and a white bandanna (covering his face) with a knife.

The victims were ages 13-20.

Anyone with information is asked to call 831-420-5820.