Victim Said to Be Involved in Tyler Robbery

TYLER – Tyler police say a woman, who appeared to be a robbery victim, was actually a co-conspirator in the robbery. Arrested on Wednesday was Jamie Michelle Hardy, 33, of Tyler. Previously arrested in the case was Chad Allen Boening, 34, of Dallas. Tyler police say Boening and Hardy planned to rob a man who she had met on line. Investigators secured an arrest warrant Wednesday and arrested Hardy, charging her with aggravated robbery. Hardy is in the Smith County Jail on a $50,000 bond.

Police were first told the man and woman were in the parking lot of Cumberland Park Shopping Center when Boening walked up to them. He pulled a large knife, which he pointed at the woman, and said, “do you want to see her die” with the attempt to rob them. A father and son sitting in a vehicle saw what was happening and got their handguns and told the suspect to drop the knife and lay on the ground. He was on the ground when an off duty game warden, who was in the area, took him into custody until Tyler police arrived.