Armed robbery suspects arrested in Tennessee (Update)
Update:
Knoxville, TN — U.S. Marshals arrested the pair suspected of robbing the Dale Pharmacy at gunpoint.
The pair were arrested in a raid on a motel room after they were involved in a chase and several accidents that began when a Knoxville police officer attempted to stop their vehicle for a registration violation.
According to Knoxville police, Sgt. Mike McCarter stopped the pair’s white 2005 Toyota Camry at about 5 p.m.. During the stop, the officer questioned the validity of the identification the driver presented, at which point the vehicle fled the scene.
Sgt. McCarter followed the car as it ignored a traffic signal and crashed into a 2004 Taurus sending a 7-year-old passenger to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The chase continued and McCarter was able to follow the suspect vehicle’s route through witnesses and another crash. The suspect hit a 2005 Chrysler 300 that sent the driver and a 5-year-old child to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The officer then found the disabled Camry a bit later, the driver having fled on foot.
Later that day at about 8 p.m., U.S. Marshals and Knoxville Police Department officers raided a room at a Motel 6 and took Jacob D. Beyers, 26, and Mallory Ann Potts, a.k.a. Mallory Ann Johnson, 27, into custody on outstanding robbery warrants stemming from Spencer County, Indiana.
“Thank you to all of the people that called in with tips on who these individuals were. Without the public’s help, identifying and locating Beyers and Johnson would have been a lot more difficult,” Indiana State Police Master Trooper Detective Rob Gardner said.
The two were caught on camera when they robbed the Dale Pharmacy at gunpoint on Wednesday, May 8 at about 5 p.m. EDT.
They were identified through public assistance when their photos were released through the media.
Update: Indiana State Police have issued arrest warrants for two of the three individuals involved in the armed robbery.
They have also identified the third person but have not issued a warrant for his arrest at this time.
No arrests have been made as they are still on the lam.
They were last known to be in a white four door Toyota Camry bearing IN license plate 531LFQ.
Warrants are issued for Jacob D. Beyers, 26, and Mallory Anne Johnson, 27, both of 515 Green Valley Apt. 14, Mount Vernon, IN.
The other individual police are interested in is a white male, 6 feet 3 inches tall, 170 pounds with short brown hair and blue eyes.
Anyone with information on this robbery is asked to call the Indiana State Police at Jasper 800-742-7475 or 812-482-1441.
Update: According to Indiana State Police, through calls and tips they have received overnight they now have three suspects in the armed robbery that occurred yesterday at 5 p.m. EDT.
1. (Pictured)White/Male/ 6’4”/210 lbs/Short Dirty Blonde Hair/Blue Eyes/ last seen wearing Gray shirt/plaid shorts and rubber band style bracelet with “I am Second” on it.
2. (Pictured) White/Female/5’5”/135 lbs/Brown Hair/Brown Eyes/last seen wearing long sleeve white shirt with black leggings and flip flops
3. (Not Pictured) White/male/6’3”/170 lbs/Short Brown Hair/Blue Eyes
Of the two males, one went inside the pharmacy and the other is believed to have stayed in the vehicle which we believe is a white four door Toyota Camry.
The State Police would like to remind the public that the suspects should be considered armed and dangerous.
Update: According to Indiana State Police, through tips turned in overnight they have possibly identified the man and woman who were involved in the armed robbery of the Dale Pharmacy on Wednesday afternoon.
The suspects are believed be in a white four door Toyota Camry in the Owensboro or Evansville area.
Police are requesting anyone with information to contact the Indiana State Police Jasper Post at 800-742-7475 or 812-482-1441.
Dale — Indiana State Police are looking for a man that robbed the Dale Pharmacy today at gunpoint.
According to authorities, on Wednesday at 5 p.m. EDT, a white male described as approximately 6’5” tall, skinny, with short, dirty blonde hair (described as a buzz cut), wearing a light gray shirt, plaid shorts and a rubberband style bracelet that read “I am Second” on his right wrist, came into the Dale Pharmacy at 5 North Washington Street in Dale. He displayed a handgun and demanded prescription medicine and then fled on foot in an unknown direction from the pharmacy.
He was possibly accompanied by a white female wearing black, leggings, long sleeve white shirt, and flip-flops.
Anyone with information on this robbery is asked to call the Indiana State Police at Jasper 800-742-7475 or 812-482-1441.
