Just four hours after allegedly robbing a bank at gun point, Noblesville police arrested the suspect said to have held-up a gas station.
At 12:03 a.m. Sept. 29, police officers from the Noblesville Police Department responded to the Speedway gas station, 3150 Conner St. NPD spokesman Lt. Bruce Barnes said upon arrival, officers spoke with the employee of the business who said she had just been robbed at gunpoint. She was uninjured from in the incident.
“The employee stated that a subject came into the store and brandished a black handgun and demanded money from the cash register. The employee alleges that the subject took an undetermined amount of cash and two cartons of cigarettes before leaving the store,” he said.
Barnes said the subject, later identified as Gary Keith Pierce II, 22, of Noblesville, was last seen traveling southbound on foot from the gas station. Additional officers were called to the scene in order to establish a perimeter and attempt a police K-9 track. Officers from the Westfield Police Dept. and Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office assisted with the effort. Barnes said officers searched the area for approximately 90 minutes before the search was eventually called off.
At 8:38 a.m. Sept. 29, Noblesville police officers were informed an individual wished to surrender to authorities at the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office. Officers arrived on the scene and took Pierce into custody without incident.
Pierce has two felony charges for armed robbery. He has been booked into the Hamilton County Jail on a $25,000 bond.
