Two Men Charged With Garland Armed Robberies
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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - According to the Garland Police Department, two men have been arrested in connection with three armed robberies that took place on Monday, December 1st.
Police have charged 17-year-old Cellus Owens and 18-year-old Duante Gowans with Aggravated Robbery. Both men are currently in the Dallas County jail with bonds set at $25,000 each.
The incidents began in Garland around 1:45 a.m. when police were called to three aggravated robberies in less than one hour.
In the first two cases, the robber pointed a shotgun at the victims and stole wallets, keys and cell phones. Then at 2:30 a.m. police say men matching the same suspect description used a shotgun to steal a Mitsubishi Montero from a couple outside a 7-Eleven.
Police followed that SUV through Garland and Mesquite and then to the Dallas apartment complex where the driver bailed out. Garland police Lieutenant Pedro Barineau said, "Committing these robberies with shotguns, robbing people at gunpoint, they're dangerous people. We're just grateful they didn't hurt or kill anybody."
On Monday, Police took three people in for questioning after surrounding an apartment complex on La Prada Drive, near John West Road, in far East Dallas. Officials later said the three men detained are "good possible suspects" in the rash of armed robberies. The trio voluntarily surrendered, and walked out of an apartment with their hands up. One of the three hasn't been charged and detectives are still trying to locate a third possible suspect.
Police had been focusing on a second floor apartment where they saw one of the suspects enter. After taking the men into custody, Dallas SWAT waited for a search warrant, then went inside the apartment and confirmed that no one else was inside.
The investigation is still on-going police say.
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