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Updated: 4:36 AM Dec 23, 2007
Gas Station Robbery Suspect Caught After Running Out of Gas
South Charleston Police say they arrested a man from Boone County who robbed the 7-Eleven on Jefferson Road early Saturday morning. Posted: 4:16 AM Dec 23, 2007Reporter: Mike Waterhouse Email Address: mike.waterhouse@wsaz.com |
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South Charleston Police say they arrested a man from Boone County who robbed the 7-Eleven on Jefferson Road early Saturday morning.
The robbery was reported to Metro 911 at 1:19am.
Detective Joel Gray says James Levi Fowler, 23 of Julian, walked into the store and told the clerk he would "kill him if he didn't give him money" -- and then put his hand in his pocket as if he had a gun.
According to Gray, Fowler then made the clerk stand outside and away from the store until he took off in a white Nissan -- with someone else driving.
A little later, Gray says a Boone County Sheriff's Deputy was driving through South Charleston, saw the police cruisers parked at the store on Jefferson Road, and stopped to see what happened. South Charleston detectives told him about the crime, and gave him the suspects' descriptions.
According to Gray, that same deputy was in Boone County later in the morning and spotted a white Nissan parked on the side of the road. When he stopped to check on the car, he noticed the two men sitting in the car matched the descriptions of the men involved in the robbery -- and were even wearing the same clothes. They told the deputy they ran out of gas and were coming from South Charleston.
South Charleston Police then obtained a warrant for Fowler and arrested him at his home in Boone County. He's charged with armed robbery and was taken to the South Central Regional Jail.
Detectives tell WSAZ that Fowler claims he was on drugs at the time of the robbery. We're also told that he got away with less than $100.
Gray says charges are still pending against the driver of the car.
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If the system would do its job people like this would not be lose on the streets . The system is a JOKE The laws are to serve people like this not normal people likr us .
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the driver was his dad,grandmother trying to raise money for bail. lets see if they get out of this one.
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Why are the charges still pending against the driver? They should have areested him already. Why can't people get jobs instead of taking what is not theirs?
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