Officer Kristi Mitchell

Public Information Officer

903-798-3187 (office) 903-260-0294 (pager)

903-824-4199 (cell) 903-798-3023 (fax)

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Re: Aggravated Robbery and Strong Armed Robbery Arrest

A series of robberies were solved early Thursday morning when Bobby Brush, w/m, 33yrs of age of Texarkana Arkansas was arrested.

On November 27, 2008 at approximately 4:00 a.m. Texarkana Arkansas Police Department responded to 3115 E. 54th , Camp I 30 Truck Stop, in reference to a strong armed robbery. While interviewing the victim at the truck stop the police department received a second call of a reported robbery at 3920 Jefferson St., E-Z Mart.

The suspect in the crimes was described as a w/m wearing a blue jacket and a ball cap. He was driving a maroon van that was seen traveling west on Arkansas Boulevard. A van matching the description was located by police officers in the area of the second robbery. The victims of the two robberies were taken to the location of the traffic stop where driver of the van was identified as the person that had committed the two robberies.

The stolen property from the robberies was recovered and Bobby Brush was arrested and booked into the Bi-State Jail for one count of Aggravated Robbery and one count of Strong Armed Robbery.

Anyone with information regarding this or any other crime is encouraged to notify TAPD or Texarkana Area Crime Stoppers at 903-793-STOP.

Thank you and you can visit the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department online at http://www.txkusa.org/arkpolice.