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The pocket design on a pair of jeans helped Fort Wayne detectives arrest a man accused of robbing a gas station in October.
Dametrick M. Gray, 22, of the 4300 block of Austin Drive, was formally charged Thursday with one count of robbery.
According to a probable cause affidavit, Gray used a revolver to rob the BP gas station at 6111 Bluffton Road on Oct. 19. He threw a bag at the clerk demanding that he fill it.
A witness saw a video of the gas station robbery on TV several weeks later and recognized a distinctive design on the rear jeans pocket the suspect was wearing that matched a pair of jeans Gray owns. The witnesses told police that Gray had also admitted he was in the video, court records said.
Police found a pair of jeans with the same distinctive pocket during a search of Gray’s personal property. The clerk also picked Gray out of a photo lineup, and police found a revolver in Gray’s vehicle during a traffic stop, court records said.
Fort Wayne police found drugs, guns and stolen guitars Wednesday when they were called to investigate a disturbance at Twin Oaks Apartments.
Officers were called to the complex, off East Paulding Road, about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday and found one man trying to jump from a second-floor window and three teens trying to leave the building on Stardale Drive, police reports said.
A witness told officers that he called police because the teens had guns in a bag and were possibly involved in several robberies in the area, the reports said.
Officers detained one teen for questioning. The teen admitted the guns in the apartment were his, the reports said.
Officers found two handguns in an apartment along with a shotgun that was reported stolen in Noble County. They also found two identification cards belonging to the victims of a recent theft and burglary. The burglary victim had reported that two guitars and some electronic games were taken, and officers found similar items in the apartment, the reports said.
Police found a bag of marijuana in the apartment. The man who tried to jump from the window had several bags containing the drug, the reports said. He was arrested on several misdemeanor charges.
Fort Wayne police arrested two men who were caught breaking into the former Valspar Paint building Wednesday, police said.
Christopher Rodriguez, also known as Christopher Lupo, 31, and Ronald Tabron, 22, both of the 2100 block of Edgehill Avenue, face preliminary charges of burglary and receiving stolen property. They were each being held in the Allen County Lockup in lieu of $10,000 bail Thursday.
A building representative called police to 202 W. Jacobs Ave. shortly after 11 a.m. Wednesday when he caught two men in the building, police said.
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