Thursday, December 14, 2017

BREAKING NEWS - Robbery suspect arrested


Mount Pleasant Police have charged a 21-year-old man in connection with the Tiger Mart robbery.

On Friday December 8 at 3:25 a.m. a man walked into a gas station at 2511 W. Ferguson Rd. pointing a pistol at a store employee and demanded cash. After robbing the store, the suspect took off on foot fleeing the scene.

Andy Angelo Gonzalez of Pittsburg was found behind a business in the 2300 block of S. Jefferson St. at 1:40 a.m. Thursday morning. Officers and detectives had been monitoring businesses closely expecting a repeat offense.

When Gonzalez was detained evidence found linked him to the Tiger Mart robbery. Gonzalez provided a confession to the robbery a short time later.

Gonzalez was taken to Titus County Jail and was charged with Aggravated Robbery and other unrelated offenses. His bail has not been set.

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