Suspect Arrested in Tobacco Store Robbery

Source from:  Leeann Skoda The Arizona Republic Feb. 27, 2008 02/28/2008

Police arrested Mesa resident Oscar Bobby Grey Monday in connection with the Feb. 19 robbery of a Mesa tobacco store. Mesa police began searching for 21-year-old Grey since he allegedly robbed a tobacco store on the 1000 block of North Mesa Drive and then left a trail, a police report said. Police said Grey pulled a gun on a tobacco store employee and demanded money from the register at about 7:15 p.m. Grey then fled in a car driven by a man whom police had not identified, a news release from the Mesa Police Department said. According to police reports, Grey was dropped off at an apartment complex on the 800 block of East Brown Road where he left his gun and shed his clothes. A witness in the complex told police that she allowed Grey to use her cellphone earlier that night so that he could call for a ride, the report said. Witnesses told police that they saw Grey getting into his girlfriend's car at the complex, police said. Mesa police said Grey admitted to the robbery after he was arrested. Police booked Grey on suspicion of armed robbery. Enditem