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Deputies Seek Suspect In 10 Robberies
July 14, 2010
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a suspect they believe may have been involved in as many as 10 armed robberies.
Payton Lionel Roberts Jr., 21, is wanted in connection with the June 19 robbery of the Nugget Oil Station at 8720 Pensacola Boulevard and as many as nine other robberies, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Roberts is believed to be working with Thomas Kellon Sledge and Cheraina Campbell, suspects arrested recently for armed robbery, according to Sgt. Ted Roy, spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office. Roy said Sledge is the half-brother of Campbell, and Roberts in the “God brother” of Campbell, he said.
Roberts is described as being 5-foot, 2-inches tall, and weighing 135 pounds. He may be armed and should be considered dangerous, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Campbell, 19, was arrested June 29 and charged with armed robbery with a firearm and public order crimes for wearing a mask or hood during the commission of a felony in connection with a robbery that occurred June 28 at the TQ Mini Mart. She remains in the Escambia County Jail without bond.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said that while investing the June 29 robbery, they developed information that led them to issue warrants for Sledge.
Sledge, 20, is accused of robbing the TQ Mini Mart on Olive Road on May 28. He remains in the Escambia County Jail on a quarter million dollars bond.
Roy said Campbell may be the suspect in several other robberies in the north end of the county, but declined to release further information due to their ongoing investigation
During the June 28 robbery, deputies said Campbell entered the store wearing a mask and pointing a handgun at the clerk and demanded money. Deputies said she removed her mask as she fled the store and turned to look back at the store allowing the clerk to see the her face.A K-9 unit tracked the Campbell to a nearby abandoned trailer. There was no one inside the trailer, but a photo of Campbell was found inside. The store clerk positively identified Campbell from the photo as the person who robbed the store at gunpoint.
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3 Responses to “Deputies Seek Suspect In 10 Robberies”
REGARDING:
“It matters not to me whether the thug is armed with a gun or a pipewrench, it’s still robbery.”
I agree, use of any weapon in commission of a crime should be dealt with strongly.
That said, I remember reading knives are used far more frequently in fights but guns are better at killing so even though there are more stabbings, there are more deaths due to gunshot wounds. I assume the same applies to robberies, far more likely to kill people robbing them with a gun than with most other weapons.
David thinking outlawing arms
would only work on people
who would obey the law in the first place
and they won’t be committing crimes.
plus such laws are illegal
and even the Supreme Court agrees
so far
AARRRRRGGGG! said: “I believe any crime that is done with a fire arm should be taken to the extreme for sentencing.”
It already is, it’s the “10/20/Life” mandatory sentencing rule.
Personally, I think society focuses WAY too much on “evil guns” (insert sarcasm here). Guns aren’t the problem, committing violent crimes are.
It matters not to me whether the thug is armed with a gun or a pipewrench, it’s still robbery.
If more convienience store clerks were armed with their own guns, these thugs would be less likely to commit these crimes.
scaring the du nkin
out of working people really torcks me.
I hope the other one gets picked up and all three go away for the
rest of their natural life.
I believe any crime that is done with a fire arm should be taken
to the extreme for sentencing.
Ever had anyone point a gun at you.
I have.
I did nothing wrong. He was just a nut job, and I was in the
wrong place at the wrong time I guess, but it sure didn’t look
that way when I went in.
You wlll never forget how that feels when you think your going
to die, right then, right now.