HOPKINSVILLE MAN ARRESTED FOR DRUG-RELATED ROBBERY

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            ONE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED AND ANOTHER REMAINS AT LARGE IN THE CASE OF A ROBBERY ON AVALON BOULEVARD FROM FRIDAY NIGHT UNDER QUESTIONABLE CIRCUMSTANCES.

            THE REPORT SAYS 37-YEAR OLD KEVIN SOWASH OF BOWLING GREEN TOLD POLICE HE WAS DRINKING ALCOHOL AND TAKING ILLEGAL DRUGS AT 104C AVALON BOULEVARD FRIDAY NIGHT AROUND 9:30 WITH TWO ACQUAINTANCES, WHEN ONE OF THE OTHER TWO MEN DEMANDED COMPENSATION FOR THE DRUGS.

            WHEN SOWASH REFUSED, THE MEN ASSAULTED HIM USING THEIR FISTS. THE PAIR TOOK 250 DOLLARS IN CASH AND FLED THE SCENE. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED, THEY HEARD MOVEMENT IN THE WOODS BEHIND THE RESIDENCE AND A K9 UNIT FOUND 23-YEAR OLD EDDIE JOE HART, JR. OF HOPKINSVILLE.

            HART WAS ARRRESTED AND CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE ROBBERY. THERE WAS NO RECORD OF AN ARREST FOR THE OTHER SUSPECT IN THE HPD MEDIA BASKET.

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