Outstanding police work by South Precinct Flex officers led to last night’s apprehension of a gorilla-masked and gun-carrying robber who, with his accomplice standing by, attacked a 62-year-old woman in a Wal-Mart parking lot and then ordered a man to literally surrender his pants.
The 62-year-old victim was getting into her car at the 3035 Hamilton Church Road Wal-Mart at 10:15 p.m. when the masked gunman appeared. He pulled the car door open and tried to wrestle away the victim’s purse. She fought to keep her belongings and kicked the robber. He and the accomplice then retreated to a maroon Pontiac SUV and fled.
Less than one hour later, two 27-year-old men were walking back to their apartment from a Bell Road convenience market when a Pontiac SUV pulled up and a gunman wearing a gorilla mask got out of the passenger seat. The gunman demanded money and the black cargo pants being worn by one of the victims. They complied and the gunman got back into the Pontiac and fled.
South Precinct Flex officers familiarized themselves with the likely getaway vehicle, a Pontiac Aztec, and saturated the area in search of the vehicle. At midnight, Officer Shaun Hardin spotted a maroon Aztec and stopped it on Haywood Lane near Faulkner Drive. The driver, Adrian Cornelius Alexander, 23, of Highland Ridge Drive in Lavergne, did not have a valid license and was taken into custody. A search of the Aztec in conjunction with Alexander’s arrest led to the discovery of a gorilla mask, several pairs of latex gloves, black cargo pants belonging to one of the Bell Road robbery victims, bandanas, and two bullets.
The victims identified Alexander as the robber. Alexander and the passenger in the Aztec, Marcus Antwan Haynes, 18, also of Lavergne, are both charged with two counts of aggravated robbery for holding up the two men on Bell Road. Charges involving the Wal-Mart parking lot attempted robbery are expected to be placed in a day or two.
Alexander and Haynes are being held in lieu of $250,000 bond each. Their photographs are being withheld until the Wal-Mart victim has the opportunity to view a lineup.
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