Robbery Suspect Arrested

LONGVIEW — A Gilmer man has been arrested in Longview for stealing dog food and beer. Just before 9:45 Friday morning officers were dispatched to the Kroger store in the 700 block of East Marshall. Emplotees told officers a man had come into the store and taken 2 bags of dog food and 6 cases of beer. When store employees attempted to stop him, he is said to have shoved one of the employees to the ground and ran out the door and drove away. The employee was not seriously injured. Ronald O’Keith Beasley, 44, was found a short time later in the 200 block of Mitchell Street. He was charged with robbery and booked into the Gregg County Jail.