Robbery Suspect Arrested
Posted/updated on: January 4, 2011 at 3:32 pm
RUSK COUNTY — An East Texas robbery suspect is apprehended. It happened last Monday around 12:30. Derric O’Brien Blanton, Henderson, was arrested in Nacogdoches County in connection with an aggravated robbery in Rusk County. The robbery was reported December 21, around 10:00 p.m. at the Conoco Station in Mt. Enterprise. On Friday, Blanton was extradited to Rusk County where he remained in jail awaiting arraignment.
On Sunday at approximately 10:00 am, Blanton was arraigned by Honorable Judge Jerdy Wolverton, Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, in Rusk County. Blanton was charged with aggravated robbery. His bond is set at $60,000. Blanton currently remains in the Rusk County Jail.
