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Four Arrested in Two Robberies

Posted/updated on: July 22, 2013 at 7:34 am
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thumb_police-longviewLONGVIEW — Police in Longview report they’ve arrested four suspects in two separate robberies. Thursday afternoon just before 5:30, officers were dispatched to Broughton Park in the 800 Block of Martin Luther King Blvd for a fight in progress. When officers arrived, they located a victim who had been assaulted and robbed by several males. The victim said the robbers displayed guns during the robbery, and he was able to identify the suspects. Two of the suspects were located near the park, and another suspect was found hiding inside a slide at the park, according to police.

The suspects were identified as Tony Nelson, 18, and Bron Quivius Gray, 17, both of Longview. A third juvenile suspect was also detained and taken to the Gregg County Juvenile Detention facility. Nelson was charged with aggravated robbery and possession of a firearm by a felon in a weapon free zone. Gray was charged with aggravated robbery and unlawfully carrying a weapon in a weapon free zone. Four guns were recovered from the scene.

In an unrelated case shortly before 11:30 Thursday night, officers were dispatched to a robbery in the 1900 block of East Marshall Avenue. When officers arrived, they were told that an unknown male had come into the store. Police say the suspect came up behind the clerk, lunged at her when she opened the cash register drawer, and grabbed the register taking money as he ran out the door of the store. The suspect, later identified a Eric Antonio Howard, 48, of Mt. Pleasant, was arrested a short time later at a motel near the store. Howard was charged with robbery and transported to the Gregg County jail without further incident.



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