Courtesy-CPD
COLUMBUS, Ind. – The Columbus Police Department (CPD) apprehended two men after an early morning gas station robbery on Monday, August 25.
Officers were called to a convenience store/gas station on Jonathan Moore Pike, just west of I-65. The investigation determined that two males had approached the store together. One man opened the door as the other entered with his face covered.
Once inside, the suspect broke the glass on a display case near the front counter that contained vapes and cartridges, frightening the clerk behind the counter. He then supposedly grabbed an estimated $600 worth of merchandise, and the two took off running from the store.
Local law enforcement officers flooded the area searching for the pair. A Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office deputy found two men matching the description behind a dumpster at a nearby hotel. They were identified as Roger Fisher, 21, and Patrick Halstead, 23, both of Indianapolis.
Detectives were called to the scene and gathered more evidence indicating Fisher and Halstead were allegedly the culprits. They were taken into custody and preliminarily charged with robbery (level 5 felony). They remain in the Bartholomew County Jail.
All parties are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
