ARREST MADE IN KANGAROO MART ROBBERY

            IT TOOK LESS THAN 12 HOURS FOR HOPKINSVILLE POLICE TO ARREST THE MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY ROBBED THE KANGAROO MART ON LAFAYETTE ROAD YESTERDAY MORNING.

            TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AROUND 5:30 PM YESTERDAY WAS 25-YEAR OLD JOSHUA EVAN ELKINS OF HOPKINSVILLE, WHO IS CHARGED WITH 2^ND DEGREE ROBBERY.

            ELKINS IS ACCUSED OF GOING INTO THE KANGAROO MART AROUND 5:45 AND TELLING THE CLERK IT WAS A ROBBERY AND DEMANDING CASH. THE ROBBER DIDN’T SHOW A WEAPON OR THREATEN THE USE OF A WEAPON, BUT GOT AWAY WITH AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF CASH.

            HOPKINSVILLE POLICE SUBMITTED A PHOTO OF THE SUSPECT TO LOCAL MEDIA JUST BEFORE NOON YESTERDAY, WITH THE ARREST COMING FIVE AND A HALF HOURS LATER.

            ELKINS WAS ARRESTED BY DETECTIVE TRACEY MAYBERRY AND LODGED IN THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL.

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