(From the Joplin Police Department)On Monday, November 30th, 2020, the Joplin Police Department received a call of an armed robbery that had just occurred in the parking lot of the Northpark Mall at 101 N. Rangeline Road.
The victims reported the suspects were fleeing the scene in a silver Ford Fusion with out-of-state plates. An officer responding to that area located a vehicle matching that description northbound on Rangeline Road.
When the officer caught up to the vehicle it fled a short distance before the passengers abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot near Myrtle Street and Zora Street. The officer saw three black males fleeing on foot and observed one of them was running with a handgun. A female who remained in the vehicle was detained at the scene.
Joplin Police, along with assistance from the Webb City Police Department, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office, the Duquesne Police Department and MSSU Campus Police, set a perimeter and began a search operation in the vicinity where the suspects were last observed.
All suspects were apprehended in the area without any injuries or shots being fired. The two victims in this case later advised they were approached by three black males who demanded their wallets at gun point.
No injuries were reported by either victim.
The suspects arrested have been identified as Terrence T. Tinsley, age 24 from Danville, IL, Khamarion D. Smith, age 19 from Danville, IL, and Nyeisha L. Patton, age 28 of Joplin. A 16-year-old male from Danville, IL was also arrested, but his name is being withheld due to his status as a juvenile.
The Joplin Police Department will be submitting charges for Robbery in the 1st Degree, Armed Criminal Action and Resisting Arrest for Terrence Tinsley, Khamarion Smith and the juvenile.
Patton was arrested on three Joplin Failure to Appear warrants and Distribution of a Controlled Substance after illegal narcotics were located in her possession in the vehicle.
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