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May052010

Citgo Robbery Suspect Charged

On Wednesday, Anderson County sheriff’s deputies arrested an Anderson man suspected of committing two armed robberies in less than a week. Investigators charged Jamie Lee Smith, 35, of 400 Cason Drive, Anderson, with Armed Robbery and Possession of a Weapon During the Commission of a Violent Crime in connection with the robbery of the Citgo, 3207 South Murray Avenue, in Anderson on April 30.

He is currently in the Anderson County Detention Center where he is awaiting a Bond Hearing.  The Anderson City Police Department has placed a hold on him for the robbery of another Citgo, this one on Shockley Ferry Road, which occurred Tuesday morning.

When asked how the suspect was apprehended, Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper said, “One of our astute deputies, Dustin Williams, spotted a man fitting the description of the robber, along with his vehicle, in the parking lot of a store at the intersection of Shockley Ferry Road and South McDuffie Street.  He got out with the man, identified him and notified our investigators.  Within minutes of the investigators’ arrival, the man was taken in to custody.”

Sheriff Skipper also commended those who called in tips to his office and to Crime Stoppers.  Three of the tips received when the robber’s image was made public by the media provided investigators with Smith’s name.  Skipper acknowledged that help from the community was an “invaluable resource.”

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