Warrant Sought for Robbery Suspect
Posted/updated on: October 2, 2011 at 5:27 am
LUFKIN — Lufkin Police Department detectives will seek a warrant for the arrest of Eric Morgan, 42, of 9100 Dodson St. in Houston, in connection with a home invasion-style robbery at a Lufkin home.
Just before 4 p.m. Sept. 1, a 77-year-old woman responded to a knock at the front door of her Willow Bend Drive home. When she unlocked the door, a man forced his way inside the residence while pointing a handgun at the victim.
The man stole the victim’s purse and, within minutes of fleeing the house, used her credit card at a convenience store a few blocks away, at the intersection of East Denman Avenue and South Chestnut Street. Video captured by the convenience store’s security cameras showed the man using the victim’s credit card to purchase fuel for a dark-colored Volkswagen Eos, a two-door, hardtop convertible vehicle.
On Sept. 23, Navasota officers arrested Morgan for the robbery of a Wells Fargo Bank of Navasota that occurred at 10:43 a.m. that day. Lufkin Police Department detectives read a law enforcement release from Navasota and found the description of Morgan matched the description of the suspect in the Willow Bend Drive case.
Further investigation revealed that Morgan was in possession of property belonging to the home invasion victim, and that he was operating the dark-colored Volkswagen shown in the convenience store security video.
