After nearly three months of collaboration between law enforcement officials in Virginia Beach and Norfolk, police have arrested two men for a 7-Eleven robbery in early May. Police spokesman Adam Bernstein said that two men entered the Euclid Road location in Virginia Beach on May 2nd, armed with knives. The suspects are said to have demanded money from the store's staff, and fled with cigarettes and lottery tickets. No one was injured in the incident, and the amount stolen from the store has not been disclosed by law enforcement officials.

Police say that a third man assisted in both the commission of and getaway from the crime. Shortly after the incident, detectives in Virginia Beach working with Norfolk police arrested 23-year-old Ervie Lee Smith of Modoc Avenue in Norfolk. Smith was charged with robbery and use of a mask. Law enforcement in Virginia Beach and Norfolk continued investigating the crime, and on July 22nd, brothers Krystoffer Marquis Holmes, 22, and William Kirkland Holmes, 18, were identified as the two remaining suspects.

The elder Holmes was apprehended at his place of employment, and was charged with robbery and conspiracy. His younger brother was taken into custody at his home, and was charged with robbery and use of a mask. It is unclear whether any of the three suspects have been assigned or retained a Virginia criminal lawyer. Smith was jailed in Norfolk, and Krystoffer Jolmes and William Holmes are both being held at the Virginia Beach Correctional Center without bond.

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