Two men are being held without bond after a thwarted armed robbery at a grocery store on St Joe’s south side on Friday morning.

Kemuel Matias-Marrero, 26, and Luis Calderon-Oliveras, 21 were arrested after a stick up at the Sack and Save at Lake Avenue and Missouri at about 11:15 a.m. Friday.

They face charges of robbery in the second degree.

Police say that as the robbery commenced, someone inside the store called 9-1-1. As the caller was speaking to dispatchers, a police officer was right across the street. Captain Matt Rock said at the scene that the officer spotted the two suspects fleeing the store.

They were arrested a short time later after allegedly discarding clothing, cash and weapons in the neighborhood east of the store.