Two Illinois men were arrested by Plymouth Police Sunday after an armed robbery at The Cellular Connection, 1605 N. Michigan St., Plymouth.

Brandon M. Terrell, 26, Kankakee, Ill., and Deshontay L. Lewis, 27, Bourbonnais, Ill., were booked in the Marshall County Jail on preliminary charges of armed robbery, a level 3 felony.

Plymouth Police received a call at 2:40 p.m. from an employee of the store who reported two males had entered the store, ordered him at knife point to open the safe. A large amount of high value phones were removed from the safe and the employee restrained in the back storage room.

The employee, who was able to get free of the restraints, provided descriptions of the two suspects.

Police located a white Ford leaving the area at a high rate of speed with two male occupants, matching the descriptions given by the victim. A pursuit began after officers attempted to stop the vehicle. The pursuit continued to the south side of South Bend and  ended when the suspects vehicle became disabled. The two fled, but were apprehended following a foot pursuit.

Inside the vehicle were the stolen cell phones.