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Teenage brother and sister linked to pair of robberies in Brooklyn

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BROOKLYN, Md. — Police have linked a teenage brother and sister to a pair of Wednesday robberies in Brooklyn.

The first happened around 4:30pm in the 300 block of Church Street.

A man told police he was walking home, when two kids approached. One allegedly pointed a handgun and demanded the victim's property before running off.

Then around 11:30 that night, a 16-year-old girl broke into La Quetzalteca Latin Grocery on Ritchie Highway.

She allegedly attacked an employee with a handgun, prior to being removed from the store.

Anne Arundel County Police were able to locate and arrest her shortly after.

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The next day with help from a school resource officer, detectives determined the girl is the sister of the Church Street armed robbery suspect.

Turns out they worked in tandem to hold the first victim up at gunpoint.

Police later searched the home of the suspects where they found evidence from the first robbery.

It's unclear if the evidence included the gun, and if so whether it was the same one used in both robberies.