LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18)– Police helped track down a robbery suspect Tuesday, moments after the crime.
Employees at the Family Dollar on Race Street not only reported the robbery around 3 p.m., but some of them even took off chasing the suspected robber.
Police ended up catching the suspect, who’s been identified as 51-year-old Joseph Robertson, on Chestnut Street a short time later.
They say he was not armed.
He faces several charges, including first-degree robbery and third-degree burglary.