A SIOUX CITY MAN IS IN CUSTODY CHARGED IN THE ROBBERY OF A SGT. BLUFF CONVENIENCE STORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
29-YEAR-OLD RICHARD MARTINEZ IS CHARGED WITH 1ST DEGREE ROBBERY AND SECOND DEGREE THEFT.
SGT. BLUFF POLICE RESPONDED TO A REPORTED ROBBERY OF THE PUMP N PACK LOCATED AT 200 1ST STREET JUST AFTER 230 P.M. SUNDAY.
MARTINEZ ALLEGEDLY ENTERED THE STORE, HOLDING WHAT APPEARED TO BE THE HANDLE OF A GUN, TOOK CASH AND FLED IN A WHITE PICKUP.
A WOODBURY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY SPOTTED THE SUSPECT’S VEHICLE AROUND 4 P.M.NEAR HIGHWAY 141 AND BUCKLEY AND THE DRIVER WAS RICHARD MARTINEZ.
THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN ALLEGEDLY STOLEN FRIDAY EVENING BY MARTINEZ FROM A COMPANY HE WAS WORKING FOR.
THE COMPANY TOLD INVESTIGATORS MARTINEZ WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO TAKE OR DRIVE THE VEHICLE.
MARTINEZ WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND IS BEING HELD ON $30-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND.
