THREE CLARKSVILLE MEN WERE ARRESTED THURSDAY NIGHT ON ROBBERY CHARGES, AFTER AN ALLEGED INSIDE ROBBERY JOB AT A FORT CAMPBELL BOULEVARD BUSINESS.

            A NEWS RELEASE FROM CLARKSVILLE POLICE SAYS THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 8:15 IN THE 1300 BLOCK OF THE BOULEVARD IN CLARKSVILLE, WHEN THREE MEN ENTERED THE BUILDING WITH A STUN GUN, DEMANDING CASH.

            POLICE SAY 30-YEAR OLD MELVIN BANKS OF SOUTH LANCASTER ROAD USED THE STUN GUN ON THE CLERK DURING THE ROBBER, THOUGH THE CLERK SOON ATTEMPTED TO RUN OUT THE FRONT DOOR. POLICE SAY BANKS WAS ALSO CARRYING A HANDGUN.

            THE CLERK STRUGGLED WITH BANKS AND FLED OUT THE FRONT DOOR, BUT WOULD BE CAUGHT BY BANKS AND DRAGGED BACK IN THE BUILDING. THE OTHER MASKED MAN COMMITTING THE ROBBERY WAS ALLEGEDLY 20-YEAR OLD DEVION STANFORD OF LANCASTER ROAD. STANFORD WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE BUSINESS AND REPORTEDLY PLOTTED THE INCIDENT.

            THE FINAL SUSPECT ARRESTED WAS 25-YEAR OLD DONALD RAINS, JR. OF LANCASTER ROAD, WHO ALLEGEDLY DROVE THE PAIR AND WAITED OUTSIDE WHILE THE ROBBERY OCCURRED.

            BANKS IS CHARGED WITH ROBBERY AND KIDNAPPING, WHILE THE OTHER TWO ARE CHARGED WITH ROBBERY. ALL THREE MEN WERE LODGED IN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY JAIL.

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