A 19-year-old man suspected of robbing two convenience stores in and around Hemet was behind bars this week.Brenden Elijah Jones was arrested and booked into the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning Thursday, June 16, on suspicion of armed robbery and was being held on $105,000 bail.Hemet police Sgt. Dan Reinbolt alleged that about 7 a.m. Thursday, Jones confronted a clerk in a 7-Eleven near the intersection of Florida Avenue and San Jacinto Street, leveling a 9 mm handgun at the victim and demanding money.The clerk complied, handing over an undisclosed amount of cash, which Jones allegedly stuffed into a backpack, Reinbolt said. A person walking by the store witnessed the holdup and called 911.“Officers responded immediately and captured the suspect as he was leaving t
