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Masked gunmen rob Latino market - in two languages
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Authorities have made an arrest in connection with the June burglary at a greater Bluffton Mexican market.
Fabian Xuaso, 21, of Hardeeville, was pulled over by Bluffton police officers on Dec. 26 and charged with driving without a license. He was identified as one of two suspects caught on tape breaking into La Tienda, 3 Godfrey Place, on June 20, officials said.
The other suspect is thought to have fled the country, said Cpl. Robin McIntosh, spokeswoman for the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office.
Xuaso, who is being held on $46,320 bond at the county jail, faces two counts of second-degree burglary and one count of grand larceny.
After he was fingerprinted, detectives connected him to a March home break-in at Avalon, 15 Indigo Run Drive, said McIntosh. He is suspected in several other break-ins, but investigators don't yet have the evidence to charge him, she said.
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Call the Beaufort County Dispatch Center at 843-524-2777 or, the investigator, Cpl. Lou Novak at 843-842-4111, ext. 256.
Two masked men with pistols robbed a north-island Latino market Tuesday night, according to the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office.
The robbery at the Fairfield Square shopping center comes on the heels of a string of burglaries there in recent months.
At about 9 p.m., two men wearing camouflage shirts and dark pants entered La Guadalupana, 160 William Hilton Parkway, Hilton Head Island, and demanded cash -- first in English and then in Spanish.
The clerk handed over $2,000. The robbers then ran away, eluding a bloodhound team, authorities said.
No one else was in the store at the time and no injuries were reported.
Both suspects were described as approximately 5-feet, 10-inches tall and of medium build. One was noted to have light-colored eyes behind his ski mask.
It has been a difficult couple of months for the food store, and other tenants of Fairfield Square.
Earlier this month, the glass door of La Guadalupana was shattered, causing about $500 in damage. In December, a window was smashed, and thieves made off with an undetermined amount of goods.
Other businesses have suffered as well. Various electronics, furniture and appliances were stolen from Yessith's Beauty Salon last week after a rear door was kicked in.
Juan Campos, owner of Mi Tierra and the 2-acre shopping center, has said he plans to redevelop Fairfield Square. That project will take place in the next year or two after several town infrastructure projects, he said.
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