Two charged with armed robbery

RED BAY – Two Mississippi men are in custody for allegedly robbing a Red Bay convenience store at gunpoint early Saturday morning.

Brooks McCreary, 20, 235 Red Bay Rd., Golden, Miss., and Dillan Pounders, 19, 6 Brett Circle, Belmont, Miss., were both arrested for first-degree robbery, Red Bay Police Chief Janna Jackson said.

According to Jackson, the incident took place at 4:25 a.m. Saturday at the Chevron Quick Stop on Alabama 24 near McDonald’s.

Jackson said McCreary allegedly entered the store wearing a toboggan, had a red jersey over his face and held a shotgun up to the clerk before he demanded money from the cash register.

Jackson said after he got the money, he left the store and got into a car that Pounders was allegedly driving.

“After the clerk called law enforcement, Red Bay and Franklin County Sheriff’s officers began looking for the vehicle,” Jackson said. “Sheriff’s Dep. Mark Latham spotted the vehicle on 3rd Avenue South close to Sunshine Mills and made the traffic stop and brought the boys in for questioning.”

After being questioned, the two were both charged with first-degree robbery.

Jackson said the two suspects had allegedly crossed back into Mississippi after the incident but came back to Red Bay a short time later.

“They supposedly threw the jersey, toboggan and gun out the window and had come back to look for the gun when they were pulled over,” Jackson said.

“We appreciate the help of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office on this case.”

Both McCreary and Pounders are in custody at the Franklin County Jail on $50,000 bonds each.