ALTO \u2014 Authorities say they\u2019ve arrested a suspect in an Alto convenience store robbery. Around 12:30 Monday morning the Corner Market at Highway 69 and Highway 21 was robbed by a man displaying a firearm. A citizen in the area observed the suspicious activity and called 9-1-1. A Cherokee County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy was on scene shortly after receiving the call. The deputy then observed the suspect vehicle and conducted a traffic stop in Alto. Authorities say that upon the deputy\u2019s approach, the suspect fled on foot into a wooded area.<\/p>\n
Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) K-9 track and pack dogs were called to the scene to assist in locating the suspect. Personnel with TDCJ and Sheriff\u2019s Detectives and Deputies tracked the suspect for approximately 4 hours. The suspect had been identified through further investigation, and the search was called off due lack of information. At approximately 5:45 am a local citizen aware of the search for the suspect observed him walking on a county road outside Alto. Detectives and deputies arrived on scene and took the suspect into custody. The Cherokee County Sheriff\u2019s Office was assisted by TDCJ as well Rusk Police Department. <\/p>\n
The suspect has been arrested on charges of aggravated robbery, evading arrest or detention, and resisting arrest. The name of the suspect was withheld pending arraignment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ALTO \u2014 Authorities say they\u2019ve arrested a suspect in an Alto convenience store robbery. Around 12:30 Monday morning the Corner Market at Highway 69 and Highway 21 was robbed by a man displaying a firearm. A citizen in the area observed the suspicious activity and called 9-1-1. A Cherokee County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy was on scene … Continue reading Convenience Store Robbery Suspect Arrested<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 02:57:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109887"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110196,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109887\/revisions\/110196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}