Kennewick police arrest man who robbed a clerk at gunpoint
A 24-year-old man is accused of robbing a Kennewick convenience store early Tuesday.
A masked man came into the Jet Mart Conoco on Volland Street at 2:43 a.m. and demanded money from the clerk at gunpoint, Kennewick police said. After the clerk handed over the cash, the robber ran from the store.
Police got a tip that Reeves was the person behind the mask, police said. Officers detained him after spotted him during an unrelated investigation. They found he had a gun.
When they talked to him he allegedly confessed to the robbing the store.
He was booked into the Benton County jail on suspicion of first-degree robbery, felon in possession of a firearm and possession of meth.
This story was originally published July 23, 2019 at 8:46 AM.