WE KNOW MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THURSDAY EVENING’S ARMED ROBBERY AT THE CHECK INTO CASH BUSINESS ON HAMILTON BOULEVARD.
IT TOOK LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES TO APPREHEND THE SUSPECT, 43-YEAR-OLD DERRICK HENDERSON.
COURT DOCUMENTS STATE THAT HENDERSON ENTERED THE BUSINESS WEARING A MASK, PRESSED WHAT LOOKED LIKE A GUN AGAINST THE CLERK AND DEMANDED CASH.
HE THEN FLED ON FOOT TO A NEARBY BICYCLE.
POLICE SERGEANT JUDY KELLEN SAYS THE DEVICE DISPLAYED BY HENDERSON DURING THE ALLEGED ROBBERY WASN’T ACTUALLY A GUN:
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RESPONDING OFFICERS SPOTTED HENDERSON ON HIS BIKE AT 17TH AND GENEVA AND TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY.
COURT DOCUMENTS SAY HENDERSON ADMITTED ROBBING THE BUSINESS AND THAT HE TOOK OVER $13,400 IN CASH.
HENDERSON WAS ALSO IN POSSESSION OF A BAGGIE OF MARIJUANA WITH AROUND THREE AND A HALF GRAMS IN IT.
HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE WOODBURY COUNTY JAIL ON CHARGES OF FIRST DEGREE ROBBERY AND MARIJUANA POSSESSION SECOND OFFENSE.
HENDERSON IS BEING HELD ON 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND.
