Serial armed robber at large in Franklin

Detectives investigating the Saturday morning armed robbery of the Twice Daily Shell station at 229 S. Royal Oaks Boulevard have learned that the same suspect attempted a robbery at another Franklin gas station earlier that same morning. 

An officer doing a business check at the Daily’s at 1500 Columbia Avenue earlyWednesday morning was advised by the clerk that at 4:25am on 08/10/2013, a black male wearing a dust mask and armed with a handgun demanded that he open the safe. When the clerk advised the suspect that he was not able to access the safe, the suspect fled on foot. For reasons unknown, the clerk did not call police following that robbery. 

Investigators obtained these surveillance photos today of the suspect during the Columbia Avenue Shell station robbery. The suspect in both robberies is described as a black male in his mid to late 20s, 6’ with a thin build. He was wearing a dark Little Caesar’s baseball cap, a white t-shirt, and dark pants. If you recognize him or have information about this case, you are urged to call Franklin Police. 

To send an anonymous tip to Franklin Police, text the keyword 615FPD, along with your message to 847411 (Tip411), or call Crime Stoppers at (615) 794-4000 

Peg this crook, put bucks in your buggy

Franklin Police want to identify this felon. 

On 10/29/2012 at 7:40 pm, the suspect used a Walmart shopping cart to roll a touch-screen laptop computer out of the store. He made his quiet getaway through the store’s Garden Shop where the driver of a dark colored SUV was waiting. The laptop was valued at $850. 

If you know who the suspect is or have information about this case, call Crime Stoppers at (615) 794-4000. Information leading to an arrest could be worth up to $1,000. 

To send an anonymous tip to Franklin Police, text the keyword 615FPD, along with your message to 847411 (Tip411), or call Franklin Police at (615) 794-2513.

Crooks go to church, but not on Sunday

Franklin Police want to identify two felons who stole a credit card from a church preschool classroom, and then racked up thousands. The two visited the People’s Church on 10/26/2012, posing as parents interested in enrolling their toddler in the program. 

While left momentarily unattended, they stole a credit card from the purse of a teacher, right out of her classroom. In the hours immediately following, the duo fraudulently charged more than $2,000 on the stolen credit card, purchasing a variety of merchandise from stores in Franklin and Spring Hill. A child did not actually accompany the suspects during their crime. 

If you know these crooks, or have information regarding the case, cash in – call Crime Stoppers: (615) 794-4000. 

Put Them In Jail, Earn Up To $1,000!

To send an anonymous tip to Franklin Police, text the keyword 615FPD, along with your message to 847411 (Tip411), or call Franklin Police at (615) 794-2513.

Help police put a crook in his place, earn a grand

Franklin Police are hoping that these recently obtained surveillance photos will help put an auto burglar where he belongs – behind bars. 

At about 8:20 pm on 10/17/2012, this suspect entered the YMCA at 501 S. Royal Oaks Boulevard, and proceeded to the men’s locker room. Once inside, the crook broke two padlocks off of lockers, stealing a set of keys from inside of one of them. The suspect used the victim’s key fob to locate and unlock his vehicle before stealing a wallet from the center console. The suspect may have been driving a dark-colored Lincoln sedan. 

If you have information about this case, or recognize the suspect, call Crime Stoppers at  (615) 794-4000. Information leading to an arrest could be worth up to $1,000. 

To send an anonymous tip to Franklin Police, text the keyword 615FPD, along with your message to 847411 (Tip411), or call Franklin Police at  (615) 794-2513.

A kick in the pants

Franklin, TN – At 1:15 last Monday afternoon, this man stole seven pairs of Nike shoes valued at $525.00 from the Off Broadway Shoes at 545 Cool Springs Boulevard. He can be seen here, concealing the shoes inside of his pants before leaving the store. The thief was seen leaving in a hunter green 1990’s model Jeep Grand Cherokee with tinted windows and black rims. If you know who he is, you could receive up to $1,000 cash with a call to Williamson County Crime Stoppers at  (615) 794-4000. 

To send an anonymous tip to Franklin Police, text the keyword 615FPD, along with your message to 847411 (Tip411), or call Franklin Police at  (615) 794-2513 

Teens busted after bit of fun

Lewis

Sanders

Frazier

(From NewsChannel Five): Police have arrested three local teens accused of going on a weekend crime spree.

Officials said they first began investigating the case when a woman walked into the Metro Police South Precinct to report that she had been robbed and raped by an armed teenager as she sat at a picnic table in Seven Oaks Park on Friday. Then on Saturday, a Madison police officer was called to North Dupont Avenue after a citizen reported that three teens tried to steal a gas can. While at the scene the officer noted that the teens were attempted to steal gas to put in a car stolen from the rape victim the day before.

Later on Saturday police said a 55-year-old woman was confronted by an armed teenager at the rear of her Roosevelt Avenue home. The teen demanded her purse and car keys. He then fled in the victim's Toyota Camry.

On Sunday, after interviewing all the victims and witnesses to these crimes, police began to canvas the area of Chesapeake Drive/Dickerson Pike/Old Hickory Boulevard. During their search of the area they discovered the stolen Toyota Camry and another car stolen from the 55-year-old woman parked in front of a home at Moorewood Drive and Village Trail.

At that home police arrested 15-year-old William Frazier. He was jailed at the juvenile detention on one count of aggravated robbery and other offenses.

Another teen suspect was with him at the home, but fled the scene. Sixteen-year-old Andrew Jashon Lewis was later arrested. He was identified by the rape victim as her attacker and was taken to the juvenile detention on two counts of aggravated rape, two counts of robbery-carjacking, aggravated robbery, kidnapping and other offenses.

The third suspect, 15-year-old Jontarius Sanders was arrested Saturday morning at the intersection of N. Dupont Avenue and Archwood Drive. He was jailed on one count of aggravated robbery and other offenses.

Spring Hill Subway robbery update

Community: Updated Information pertaining to the Subway robbery that occured Sept. 22, 2012

The suspect entered a different Subway in Spring Hill just prior to robbing the one located at 4910 Main St. The suspect did not stay long after seeing that there were two employees working. That store was not robbed. The employee at the store that was robbed has positively identified the man as being the one who robbed the store where she was working. The suspect is described as black male, approx. 6 feet tall, average build, short dread lock style hair, has a tattoo on his right bicep. The suspect is seen wearing all black in the attached pictures. Anyone with information contact the SHPD at 931.486.3269

Robbery suspects sought

(Spring Hill):  On 9/23/12 at approx. 6 a.m., two male victims were robbed in the parking lot of Kroger at 4910 Port Royal Rd. Taken in the robbery were the victims' cell phones, cash, and debit cards. The suspects are four male blacks. The suspect vehicle is a white Chevy Impala with tinted windows and big rims. There is a rear spoiler. The vehicle is a 2000-2005 model year. 

The pictures here are of all the suspects and the suspect vehicle. 

Just prior to the robbery the robbers got gas at the Kroger fuel pumps. A handgun was displayed by one of the suspects during the robbery. 

Anyone with information, contact:

Detective Michael Foster 
Criminal Investigation Division 
3636-A Royal Park Blvd. 
Spring Hill, TN 37174 
Office: 931.486.2252 x226 

Dispatch: 931.486.3269 
Fax: 931.499.7237 
mfoster@springhilltn.org

Put a Crook in Jail & Cash in Your Pocket

Franklin Police are asking for the public’s help to identify this man, wanted for an August 26 robbery at the Mapco, 240 Franklin Road. Shortly before 3:30 that morning, the suspect pictured in this release reached over the counter and for the cash when the clerk opened the register during a transaction. When the clerk attempted to stop him, the suspect claimed to have a weapon before fleeing with the cash. 

If you have information about this case or know who the suspect is, you could get away with some cash of your own. Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 for information leading to the identification of the suspect: (615) 794-4000.

Taking Walmart price rollback too far

At 7:15 last Friday night, the man pictured above switched price tags on a two different boxes of Lego toy sets he wanted to buy with the tags on lower priced sets. The switch saved him $234, which is far less than his bond will be if you help police put a name to his face. Recently obtained surveillance video shows the man and the older model red truck in which he was seen leaving. If you know who he is, you could receive up to $1,000 cash with a call to Williamson County Crime Stoppers at 794-4000. 

To send an anonymous tip to Franklin Police, text the keyword 615FPD, along with your message to 847411 (Tip411), or call Franklin Police at (615) 794-2513 

PC thief at large -- he won't byte

THE MAN IN THIS PHOTO TOOK TWO LAPTOP COMPUTERS FROM THE WAL-MART SUPER CENTER IN DICKSON, TN. HE THEN DROVE AWAY IN THE RED CAR IN THE PHOTO. HE IS WANTED FOR QUESTIONING ON THIS THEFT. IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY THIS PERSON PLEASE CALL DICKSON POLICE AT 615-446-5403 OR DET. CHAD FUSSELL AT 615-441-9577.

Think before you list

(From News Channel Five):  It's another Craigslist scam that's targeting trusting people looking for a quick fix-it man. Police said robbers are claiming to repair anything from electronics to guitars, or in the most recent case, an iPod.

That's what happened to a 70-year-old man who posted an ad asking for help repairing his iPod. As it turns out, the person who said they could fix it was just part of a larger burglary ring that searches the site for easy targets.

"I drop my guard a lot, and I am an old dog anyway, so I am trying to learn how to better that situation," said 70-year-old Leo Garcia.

Garcia said he is too nice and too trusting, and this time it caught up with him on Craigslist when a seemingly nice young student responded to his help ad. 

"I am not saying that Craigslist is bad, but there are bad people using it against decent people," said Garcia.

The student picked up the iPod and said he'd bring it back a few days later. But Garcia learned that the first visit was merely to scan Garcia's house and the second visit was planned out when they knew that he wouldn't be home. The house was their easy target for a burglary.

"They were making sure that I wasn't here when they called," he said.

Police said it was three Clarksville men who ransacked Garcia's house and stole $10,000 worth of guitars, jewelry and rare coins. All three have been charged with Aggravated Burglary. Two of those who were arrested, Curteis Arzon and Malcolm Chase, were both already on probation for Aggravated Burglary charges. The third suspect, Robert Geralds, has no criminal history at all and, in fact, is supposed to start college in Florida in just a couple of weeks.

"That is the way he chooses his victims and sets up this kind of break in," said Eric Ewing with the Clarksville Police Department.

Now Garcia is searching Craigslist, not for help, but for his stolen instruments.

"When I am by myself, and I am down in the dumps my guitar picks me up, I'm happy my guitar helps me smile," he said as he strummed one of the guitars that was found and returned.

Police are trying to track down the other stolen items and believe they may have been pawned in the local area.

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Knight not in shining armor

A tip to Crime Stoppers led to Monday’s arrest of convicted felon James Knight, 33, in the August 8th early morning robberies of two convenience stores.

In the first case, Knight is accused of entering the Daily’s at 7691 Highway 70 South at 4:50 a.m. and demanding cash at knifepoint. The clerk and suspect struggled before the robber fled with six packs of cigarettes.

Approximately 30 minutes later, Knight allegedly entered the Mapco at 4314 Harding Pike and again demanded cash at knifepoint. The cashier complied.

Knight, of South 6th Street, is charged with two counts of aggravated robbery. He has previous convictions for felon in possession of a weapon, cocaine possession, and theft.