Armed Robbery Arrest
November 23, 2007
Two armed robbery suspects were recently arrested
by the Mesa Police Department. The arrests of 26-year-old
Jonathan Lunsford and 34-year-old Jenny Schrock, both of Mesa,
comes after a local Diamond Shamrock convenience store was
robbed at gunpoint on Friday, November 23, 2007 at 7:54 a.m. In
that case it was determined that Lunsford entered the Diamond
Shamrock, located at 5158 E. University in Mesa, and pointed a
handgun at the clerk while demanding the money from the cash
register. Lunsford took an undisclosed amount of currency from
the cash register and fled the store on foot. He was seen
running from the store towards a blue Hyundai passenger car that
had an Arizona license plate number of 796YTC. Lunsford entered
the passenger side of the vehicle that was driven by Jenny
Schrock who later admitted knowledge of the robbery during a
post-Miranda interview. Lunsford and Schrock fled the scene in
the vehicle and were not immediately located.
Investigators
from the Red Mountain Patrol Division Criminal Investigations
Unit were able to gather intelligence that led them to the
capture of Lunsford and Schrock later that same afternoon. At
the time of the arrest items of evidence connecting Lunsford to
the Diamond Shamrock robbery were found on his person. Lunsford
also had possession of a white powder like substance that later
tested positive for the presence of Cocaine. During a
post-Miranda interview Lunsford admitted to the Diamond Shamrock
robbery, as well as three other armed robberies in Mesa during
the month of November 2007. Investigators followed up on the
other robberies and established probable cause to charge
Lunsford in each of the cases. Schrock was not connected to the
other Mesa armed robberies.
The dates and locations for the
other armed robberies that Lunsford admitted responsibility for
are as follows:
1) November 9, 2007 -- Circle K located at 2011
E. McKellips
2) November 17, 2007 -- Albertson's located at 415
N. Stapley
3) November 18, 2007 -- Circle K located at 310 N.
Mesa Drive
Lunsford was booked into the Maricopa County Jail on four
counts of Armed Robbery and one count of possession of
narcotics. Schrock was booked on one count of Armed Robbery. As
of this writing the bond amounts for both suspects are unknown.
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| Jonathan Lunsford |
Jenny Schrock |