A third man wanted for the armed robbery of the Black Creek Grocery in Lowndes County was arrested early Sunday at a Columbus hotel.
Alfronzia Townsel, 20, of 290 Henry Lane in Caledonia, was arrested at the Columbus Inn & Suites on Highway 45 North.
Townsel is one of three men who are accused of robbing the Parade gas station store on Black Creek Road near Military Road.
The incident occurred about 6 p.m. Saturday.
Also arrested were Wesley Petty, 17, of 3136 Highway 69 S. in Lowndes County, and Daryl Shinn, 18, of 1504 15th Ave. N. in Columbus.
Petty and Shinn are thought to have approached the 58-year-old male clerk and demanded cash, said Lowndes County Sheriff”s Office Chief Deputy Greg Wright.
The clerk took out the cash register drawer and hit one of the suspects two or three times on the left side of his head, knocking him to the floor, according to witnesses and deputies.
The suspects fled the scene in a black Altima.
A deputy quickly spotted the automobile on Sand Road.
After a brief car chase, the suspects crashed into a fence at the Tenn-Tom Rubber & Belting C. at Sand Road and Conway Drive.
Deputies arrested the two men after a footchase near the intersection of Tuscaloosa Road and Gardner Boulevard at about 7 p.m.
Investigators found two handguns in the abandoned car.
It is unclear whether Townsel was in the getaway car.
The Columbus Police Department and Mississippi Highway Patrol assisted the Lowndes County Sheriff”s Office in making the arrests.
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