Man caught on camera duct-taping clerk, setting customer on fire during robbery at convenience store arrested
A man who was wanted for duct-taping a clerk and setting a customer on fire while robbing a convenience store in Palestine, Texas, was apprehended by authorities just a few hours after the crime.
In a press release, the Palestine Police Department announced the arrest of 40-year-old Robert Thompson in connection to the robbery at Pitt Stop at 1221 Link St on Thursday, and said he had been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and aggravated robbery.
The authorities said dispatchers with the department received a call about two adult females who were robbed at the convenience store at 10 am on Thursday. The suspect, described as a 6'2'' African-American male wearing a black shirt, black shorts, black shoes, and a white coat with a furry hood and a gold necklace resembling a rosary, and later identified as Thompson, had entered the store and demanded cash from the register.