Robbery Suspects stopped in Traffic Stop
Sheriff Keith Korenek reports that on the afternoon of Wednesday December 28th Fayette County Deputies received information about two suspect vehicles that had been involved in a robbery in Cedar Park and were believed to be heading East towards Houston. The Suspects were believed to have been surveilling a small business owner before following them and later assaulting and robbing the victim before fleeing.Deputy AJ Gonzales and an unmarked until located the vehicles traveling together on 71 and followed them until additional units could join them. Deputy Gonzales and others conducted a felony traffic stop on one vehicle while Deputy Bohlmann along with several deputies and LaGrange PD units separated to initiate another felony traffic stop on the second vehicle.
The suspects in each vehicle were detained and a large amount of currency believed to be taken in the robbery was located inside one of the vehicles along with equipment for surveilling targets. The subjects, vehicles, and evidence we're transported to the Dan R. Beck Justice Center and later released to Detectives from the Cedar Park Police Department.
