{"id":293197,"date":"2014-02-28T17:25:06","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T23:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=293197"},"modified":"2014-03-02T07:04:58","modified_gmt":"2014-03-02T13:04:58","slug":"armed-robbery-suspect-indicted-following-january-manhunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=293197","title":{"rendered":"Armed Robbery Suspect Indicted Following January Manhunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2014\/01\/Adam-Heath-Bowers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2014\/01\/Adam-Heath-Bowers-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Heath Bowers\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-288682\" \/><\/a>TYLER \u2014 An armed robbery suspect who was captured following a manhunt January 15 has been indicted in Smith County.  KETK reports Adam Heath Bowers was indicted on two counts of aggravated robbery Thursday and is currently being held in the Smith County Jail on $660,000 bond.  On January 15, acting on a tip from the Lindale Police Department, the Smith County Sheriff&#8217;s Narcotics, Criminal Investigation, K-9, and Patrol Divisions initiated surveillance on Lavender Road half a mile north of Loop 323 in search of Bowers.  The surveillance began at 4:00 p.m. after he was reported to be in that area.   Bowers was wanted on two armed robbery warrants and aggravated assault warrants.  <!--more--> <\/p>\n<p>The manhunt for Bowers began near Lavender Road and Red Bird Lane. A DPS helicopter was used to assist in the search when the chase spilled over into Red Bird Lane.  At 5:40 p.m. that day, the Smith County Sheriff&#8217;s Office saw Bowers enter the woods behind a mobile home park. A Smith County K-9 and two deputies entered the wooded area in an attempt to track him.  Additional units as well as personnel from the U.S. Marshal&#8217;s Fugitive Task Force, the Texas Rangers, the DPS, the Precinct 5 Constable&#8217;s Office, and the Lindale Police Department captured and arrested Bowers after the manhunt.  Officials say the helicopter was instrumental in locating Bowers in the wooded area and led officers to his location.<\/p>\n<p>Bowers was taken into custody without incident.  He was named as the prime suspect in two January 13 robberies &#8212; one of a Family Dollar, located at 3505 Frankston Highway, and one at the Lindale Wal-Mart.  Two men and one woman were captured on the Wal-Mart surveillance system around 5:30 a.m. When an employee confronted the suspects, one of the alleged robbers reportedly pulled a gun. Officials are still working the cases of the other suspects.  Bowers, who was considered armed and dangerous, was captured around 6:45 p.m. January 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u2014 An armed robbery suspect who was captured following a manhunt January 15 has been indicted in Smith County. KETK reports Adam Heath Bowers was indicted on two counts of aggravated robbery Thursday and is currently being held in the Smith County Jail on $660,000 bond. On January 15, acting on a tip from &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=293197\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Armed Robbery Suspect Indicted Following January Manhunt<\/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-293197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-10 10:56:14","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\/293197","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=293197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":293200,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293197\/revisions\/293200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=293197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=293197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=293197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}