• Ronald Horner• Heather Harwell
A Chattanooga man has been charged in connection with six local robberies in the past two months, police say.
Ronald Horner, 38, of 701 Morrison Springs Road, was charged Monday in five robberies which occurred in Chattanooga from Nov. 14 through Dec. 12, according to a release from the Chattanooga Police Department. He also was charged by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office in connection with the Dec. 17 robbery of a Kangaroo convenience store on Dayton Pike, the release said.
Chattanooga police charged him with five counts of aggravated robery and theft in connection with five robberies, the release said, while the sheriff’s office charged him with aggravated robbery, unlawful possession of a weapon and criminal conspiracy in connection with the Dec. 17 robbery.
Heather Harwell, 32, of Hixson, was arrested at the same time as Horner and charged with aggravated robbery, unlawful possession of a weapon and criminal conspiracy in connection with the Dec. 17 robbery, authorities said.