News Release

Date:

May 19, 2006

Incident Type:

Strong Armed Robbery

Date / Time of Occurrence:

05-19-06 @ 11:15 pm

Location of Occurrence:

Valero / 17544 Morris Avenue

Victim(s):

W/F - 64 years of age - Lake Jackson, TX
W/M - 29 years of age - Houston, TX

Suspect:

#1 - Black Male - approximate age, late teens to early 20's - approximate height 5'10" - clean shaven, short hair, slender build, wearing a white tank top.

#2 - Black Male - approximate age, late teens to early 20's - approximate height 5'10" - clean shaven, short hair, wearing a blue and yellow basketball jersey

Suspect's Vehicle:

Charges and Bail:

Pending Investigation

Narrative of Incident:

Officers of the Manvel Police Department responded to a robbery that occurred at the Valero gas station located at 17544 Morris Avenue.  Officers arrived and found that two unidentified black males approached the victim’s vehicle that was parked at the fuel pumps, assaulted one of the occupants, and stole a wallet and purse containing an undetermined amount of cash and credit cards.   

The victim’s vehicle was occupied by a 64 year old white female of Lake Jackson and a 29 year old white male of Houston.

Both suspects approached the victim’s vehicle while at the pumps.  One of the suspects assaulted the white male in the face with his fist, stole his wallet, while the other suspect grabbed the purse.

The two unidentified suspects ran across Morris Avenue and got into a possible brown colored sedan, possibly a Ford Contour.

Press Release prepared by:

Sgt. Carrie Martin (cmartin@manvelpd.org)

Manvel Police Department Case Number:

0605022