In this combination of two Nov. 22, 2018 booking photos provided by the Suffolk County Police Department in Yaphank, N.Y., Angela Reilly and Carlos Garcia are shown. Garcia was charged Thursday in robberies at two cell phone stores, two delis and a laundromat. Reilly, who police suspect was Garcia's getaway driver, was also arrested. A Long Island deli owner chased Garcia out of his store with a machete when he tried to rob the business. (Nassau County Police via AP)

In this combination of two Nov. 22, 2018 booking photos provided by the Suffolk County Police Department in Yaphank, N.Y., Angela Reilly and Carlos Garcia are shown. Garcia was charged Thursday in robberies at two cell phone stores, two delis and a laundromat. Reilly, who police suspect was Garcia's getaway driver, was also arrested. A Long Island deli owner chased Garcia out of his store with a machete when he tried to rob the business. (Nassau County Police via AP)

HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y. (AP) — A deli owner whipped out a machete and chased away a would-be robber who has now been charged with holding up five New York businesses in the past two months.

Ana Guevara tells Newsday she now realizes she and her husband could have been killed in the Wednesday confrontation at Deli and Pupuseria in Huntington Station on Long Island. Manuel Guevara thinks suspect Carlos Garcia had a fake gun.

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The 35-year-old Garcia was charged Thursday in robberies at two cellphone stores, two delis and a laundromat. A suspected getaway driver, 53-year-old Angela Reilly, was also arrested.

Court records did not list lawyers for them.

Police say that after Guevara chased Garcia away, Garcia tried robbing a nearby deli owned by her sister-in-law.

A customer there helped track Garcia down by following the getaway car and writing down the license plate number.