NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
April 24, 2006
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
ARMED
ROBBERY SUSPECT IN CUSTODY
Two Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputies captured a shot-gun wielding armed
robbery suspect early Monday morning in Crestview.
24-year old Marcus Damien Canady, a convicted felon from
He’s accused of using the shotgun to rob the Tom Thumb Store at 802 N. Ferdon
Boulevard just before 4 a.m. The clerk was not injured in the hold-up.
Okaloosa Sheriff’s Deputy Randy Joiner and trainee Deputy Alton Teems began
driving around the area to look for a suspect. They noticed Canady, who was
driving a tan Buick Regal, acting suspicious, remaining stationary for long
periods of time. When they stopped Canady’s car at the intersection of
Canady was transported to the
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