Police: Man Arrested for Armed Robbery
By: Jay Dillon
Updated: November 15, 2012
Fayetteville police were arrest a man they say robbed another man at gunpoint.
It happened at Suds Car Wash on Martin Luther King Blvd. Investigators say the robber held the barrel of a rifle to the back of the victim's head, took the man's wallet, and threatened to kill his family before driving off in the victim's truck. A short time later, police caught up with Erik Olson on 5-40 near Johnson. There, they found the victim's cell phone and wallet in his pockets. They also found a rifle in the truck. Olson is charged with felony aggravated robbery and several misdemeanors including terroristic threatening and driving while intoxicated.
It happened at Suds Car Wash on Martin Luther King Blvd. Investigators say the robber held the barrel of a rifle to the back of the victim's head, took the man's wallet, and threatened to kill his family before driving off in the victim's truck. A short time later, police caught up with Erik Olson on 5-40 near Johnson. There, they found the victim's cell phone and wallet in his pockets. They also found a rifle in the truck. Olson is charged with felony aggravated robbery and several misdemeanors including terroristic threatening and driving while intoxicated.
