Wednesday, May 29, 2013
A local man is now behind bars after an armed robbery spree in Chattanooga.
Detectives with the Chattanooga Police Department's robbery unit arrested Derrick Sean Starnes, 21, on Wednesday, according to a news release.
Police said Starnes robbed the Kangaroo Express on Ashland Terrace twice, once on May 8 and again on May 13. He also robbed another Kangaroo Express on May 10 and a Mapco on May 23, both on Highway 153, according to police.
At each location, the robber used a knife to threaten the clerks.
Starnes has been charged with four counts of aggravated robbery, according to police.