Two arrested for early-morning stickup in the South End

A man sleeping on a bench at a Silver Line stop in the South End got a rude awakening this morning when, police say, two men held him up at knifepoint. Boston Police report on the incident around 3:30 a.m. at Washington and E. Berkeley streets:

The victim reported one of the two suspects was wielding a knife while the other grabbed him by the jacket. The victim, startled by the event, jumped and ran out of his jacket, which the suspects took. The suspects then chased the victim until he lost them.

Police say they quickly found the suspects - with the man's jacket. Jesus R. Quintero, 32, and Carlos Fuente-Lopez, 29, both of Boston, were charged with armed robbery.

Innocent, etc.