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AFTER A RASH OF ARMED
ROBBERIES AT LOCAL FAST
FOOD RESTAURANTS,
SEVERAL SUSPECTS ARE
UNDER ARREST.
IT IS A HUGE RELIEF NOT
ONLY FOR POLICE BUT FOR
BUSINESS OWNERS.
THE CRIMES HAPPENED
OVER THE PAST MONTH AT
THE WENDY'S AND HARDEES
IN J-TOWN, TWO
MCDONALD'S, AND THE DAIRY
QUEEN IN MIDDLETOWN.
VICKI/CU DLBX
ANN BOWDAN IS IN THE
NEWSROOM WITH DETAILS
ON HOW SEVERAL AGENCIES
WORKING TOGETHER LED TO
THESE ARRESTS... ANN?
VICKI, POLICE SAY.. IT WAS
ALL ABOUT TEAM WORK - L-
M-P-D, J-TOWN POLICE,
KENTUCKY STATE POLICE,
THE U-S MARSHALS OFFICE..
AND EVEN THE MEDIA.. TO
TAKE THESE SUSPECTS OFF
THE STREETS.
"I'm glad because I work the
third shift."
RELIEF IS BEING FELT BY
MANY IN THE COMMUNITY,
LIKE JONATHAN MCKINLEY
WHO WORKS AT A LOCAL
CONVENIENCE STORE
RECENTLY ROBBED.
"I felt relieved. It took a huge
weight off
me."
"It's a great relief honestly,
the community
was terrified.."
LOCAL POLICE AGENCIES
SAY AFTER A MONTH OF
INTENSE INVESTIGATION BY 4
AGENCIES.. INFORMATION
STARTED TO COME
TOGETHER LAST WEEK.. AND
THE ARREST OF CEDRIC
WILLIAMS AND KELLY STEP
TURNED OUT TO BE THE KEY.
"The U.S. Marshall service had
been
looking for them for quite some
time for a
street robbery that took place
in the 6th
division."
WHEN U.S. MARSHALL
CAUGHT UP WITH THE MEN
DURING A STING MONDAY -
THEY MADE AN UNEXPECTED
DISCOVERY.. DEWAYNE
MITCHELL.
INVESTIGATORS HAD
ALREADY IDENTIFIED HIM AS
A SUSPECT IN THE
MCDONALD'S ROBBERY ON
PRESTON HIGHWAY.
SOON AFTER - BRANDON
HARVEY, TYLER CARTER AND
TERRA *** WERE
ARRESTED.
HARVEY IS CHARGED WITH
ROBBING ALL FIVE
RESTAURANTS.. AND CARTER
IS CHARGED IN THE
ROBBERY OF THREE.
AND *** FOR FACILITATING
THE 5 ARMED ROBBERS BY
BUYING THE GUNS FOR THE
SUSPECTS INCLUDING A
SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE
WHICH POLICE SAY SHE
PURCHASED WITH MARKED
BILLS FROM A BANK
ROBBERY IN SPENCER
COUNTY LAST WEEK.
"The community is the winner in
all of
this. And we want to give our
thankfulness to the Louisville
Metro
Police department and KSP for
working
with us."
"Arrests like these don't come
by chance
and they don't come this
quickly. It was
LMPD, KSP, US Marshalls and you
all in
the media have been a big help
in this
one."
THREE EMPLOYEES WERE
INJURED DURING THESE
ARMED ROBBERIES.. BUT ALL
ARE SAID TO BEING DOING
FINE.
LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE
SAY THIS IS AN ON-GOING
INVESTIGATION AND THERE
COULD BE MORE ARRESTS IN
CONNECTION TO THESE
ARMED ROBBERIES.
IN THE NEWSROOM, ANN
BOWDAN WLKY NEWS.