LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) -
Angelina
County Sheriff's deputies booked a 30-year-old Lufkin man Thursday for
allegedly robbing the Polk Pick-it-up Store located at 3644 U.S. Highway 69
North on Dec. 9, 2011 after he turned himself into authorities.
Antonio
Demetres Bailey was charged with aggravated robbery, which is a first-degree
felony, and is still being held in the Angelina County Jail. His bond has been
set at $100,000.
The man
authorities originally believed committed the robbery, Semion Williams,
admitted in court that he took part in the robbery, but was not the person who
actually went back into the store and displayed the gun. He told authorities
that he was the person that came into the store 33 minutes before the robbery,
and that Bailey was the one who went back into the store and committed the
robbery.
"Pictures
from the surveillance video during the robbery were compared to Antonio Bailey,
and it was confirmed that he was the person who came back into the store and
committed the robbery," the affidavit stated.
Sgt. Mike
Jones, an investigator with the ACSO, and a Texas Ranger both attempted to
locate Bailey to bring him in for questioning. They learned that he had been
living in the San Antonio area. Bailey, who eventually contacted the Ranger by
telephone, initially refused to come to the Angelina County Sheriff's Office.
However, he eventually did come speak to the law enforcement officers.
On Dec.
9, 2011, a black man wearing an Aeropostial hoodie, a black toboggan, and
sunglasses came into the Polk store and put a piece of candy on the counter
like he was about to pay for it. When the clerk opened the cash register, the
man pulled out a black gun, laid it on the counter, and demanded that the clerk
give him the money from the cash register.
However,
the clerk simply closed the cash register. Then the suspect grabbed the gun and
the candy and fled the scene.
Authorities
obtained the video from the Polk Pick-it-up store. When they watched the video,
they determined that Semion Williams came into the store 33 minutes before the
robbery and was wearing the same Aeropostial hoodie the suspect was wearing
when the robbery was committed.
The video
also showed that when Williams entered the store before the robbery, he was a
passenger in the same blue truck that dropped off the suspect in the robbery.
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Antonio Bailey (Source: Angelina County Jail)
