[Press Release] : FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Armed Robbery Suspect Arrested

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Officer Latisha Stroer, Public Information Officer
Columbia Police Department
(573)874-7448
lmstroer at gocolumbiamo.com

Armed Robbery Suspect Arrested

COLUMBIA, MO (July 21, 2014) -                             ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT ARRESTED


On 7/21/14 at 5:21 A.M., officers were responding to an armed 
robbery at 2116 Paris Road, Fast Lane 66 when officers observed 
a gray Chevrolet, matching the description of the Super 8 Motel’s 
robbery only a few blocks away from this robbery. Officers 
attempted a traffic stop with that vehicle and the driver refused 
to stop. The driver, identified as Deshawn Smith, age 36, from 
Columbia crashed his vehicle through a fence on Mulberry Drive 
and then ran from the vehicle and officers.

After a short foot pursuit, Deshawn Smith was taken into custody. 
Officers located a pink bandana and aviator style sunglasses 
outside the driver’s door of the wrecked vehicle. Upon searching 
Smith, officers located money in the same denominations as the 
money that was stolen from the Fast Lane 66 Armed Robbery. 
Officers also located a bag of marijuana and a handgun in a bush 
where Smith was taken into custody that matched the description 
of the handgun used in the robberies. 
 
Smith was arrested for all three armed robberies to include the 
armed robbery that occurred on July 19, 2014 at 7:27 P.M. at the 
Super 8 Motel on Clark Lane, the armed robbery that occurred 
on July 21, 2014 at 4:42 A.M. at the Motel 6 (3402 I-70 Drive 
Southwest) and the armed robbery that occurred on July 21, 2014 
at 5:12 A.M. at Fast Lane 66 (2116 Paris Road).


In the Armed Robbery at Motel 6, an unknown race male entered 
the motel, displayed a handgun and demanded money. The clerk 
refused to hand over money and the suspect fled the scene on 
foot. The suspect was described as being 6’0”, slender build, last 
seen wearing dark hooded sweatshirt, sunglasses with a pink 
bandana covering his face.


In the Armed Robbery at Fast Lane 66, a black male matching 
the same clothing description as the armed robber from Motel 6 
entered the store, displayed a handgun and demanded money. 
The suspect fled the scene on foot with an undisclosed amount of 
money. There was no one injured in the three armed robberies.

Smith was arrested on the following: 3 counts of Robbery 
in the first degree with a to be set bond; 3 counts of Armed 
Criminal Action with to be set bond; leaving the scene of a motor 
vehicle accident with a bond of $500.00; property damage in 
the second degree with a bond of $500.00; operating a motor 
vehicle on highway while license revoked with a bond of $500.00; 
emergency vehicle defined with a bond of $500.00; possession 
of controlled substance misdemeanor with a bond of $500.00; 
operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner 
with a bond of $500.00; resisting or interfering with an arrest 
felony with a bond of $4,500.00, and unlawful for certain persons 
to possess concealed weapon with a bond of $4,500.00.


                             2014-008154/2014-008216/2014-008217



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