Both robberies were daytime holdups in Terra Linda. The first occurred Feb. 14 at the Gateway Gas station at 1005 Northgate Drive; the second on Feb. 28 at the Union 76 gas station on Del Presidio Boulevard.
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A Novato man was arrested Friday in connection with two armed robberies last month in San Rafael, police said.
Damien Truscott, 28, was taken into custody at his apartment, where investigators were executing a search warrant Friday night, said San Rafael police Sgt. Mike Vergara.
Both robberies were daytime holdups in Terra Linda. The first occurred Feb. 14 at the Gateway Gas station at 1005 Northgate Drive; the second on Feb. 28 at the Union 76 gas station on Del Presidio Boulevard.
In the Union 76 case, an employee fought with the robber and was struck in the head several times with a weapon, police said.
Based on the witness descriptions and surveillance images, police concluded early on that the two robberies might have been committed by the same person. The police department released a composite sketch of the robber and video from the heist at Gateway Gas.
“We got a very violent person off the street,” Vergara said. “These were very violent crimes.”
Police have not disclosed the losses in the two robberies.