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Two men tried to rob a pizza restaurant. But police were already there, investigating an earlier crime.

January 10, 2018 at 11:01 a.m. EST
Tony Barber, 26, (left) and Niko Boswell-Johnson, 25, face charges related to an attempted robbery in Prince George's County. (Courtesy of Prince George's County Police)

Talk about timing: Two masked men tried to rob a pizza restaurant in Prince George's County while police were inside the business investigating a previous robbery there.

The incident occurred around 11:30 a.m. Sunday in the 9000 block of Annapolis Road in Lanham, officials said. Prince George's County police detectives were investigating an earlier robbery at the pizza restaurant when they saw two men wearing masks come to the front door.