East Providence Police announce arrests in Riverside armed robbery case

Suspects turned themselves two days after gas station theft

Posted 12/13/18

EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Police Department announced Thursday afternoon, Dec. 14, the arrest of the two suspects in an armed robbery of the Riverside Gas station located at 3339 …

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East Providence Police announce arrests in Riverside armed robbery case

Suspects turned themselves two days after gas station theft

Posted

EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Police Department announced Thursday afternoon, Dec. 14, the arrest of the two suspects in an armed robbery of the Riverside Gas station located at 3339 Pawtucket Ave. in the Riverside section of the city Tuesday night, Dec. 11.

Timothy Jordan, of the city, and a juvenile, whose identity and residence was not released, both turned themselves into police.

An arrest warrant on a charge of First Degree Robbery was issued for Mr. Jordan, 25, of 39 Bullocks Point Ave., on December 12. EPPD Detective Lieutenant Raymond Blinn said the weapon thought to have been used was a small, dark pistol of a caliber yet to be determined.

The EPPD Detective Division “aggressively” the case, according to a statement issued late Wednesday evening, Dec. 12, by Lt. Blinn. The effort, with assistance from other units within the EPPD, resulted in the identification of the two suspects.

Earlier Wednesday, investigators executed a search warrant for an apartment in a complex located at 39 Bullocks Point Ave. During the search, Lt. Blinn said, “multiple items of evidentiary value were located at that residence.” No one was at the residence at the time the warrant was executed.

The EPPD considered Mr. Jordan to be in the company of the juvenile suspect and that the two may have been driving a silver 2010 Mercedes SUV with a Rhode Island license plate number of XJ-706

The suspects were considered "armed and dangerous," Lt. Blinn continued.

Mr. Jordan is known to East Providence Police, but for only what could be the deemed petty crimes of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest, Lt. Blinn added.

In announcing the arrest Thursday, Lt. Blinn said as an additional note on the case, the blue colored item covering the face of one of the suspects shown in surveillance camera video was located several hundred feet from the scene. That item, identified as a pair of men’s boxer briefs, had been discarded when the suspects fled the area and was located dangling from a tree branch.

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