Robbery suspect arrested: Store clerk identifies Whited from police lineup
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The suspect, Daniel Whited, 46, is charged with aggravated robbery and is being held at Warren County Jail under $150,000 bond.
He is charged for robbing Pit Stop North on Chancery Street this May by threatening the lone female clerk with a gun during a daring daylight heist. The suspect escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash. Due to the fact the store is located directly across from Bobby Ray Elementary School, Bobby Ray and two other nearby schools were placed under lockdown while police looked for the gunman.
The break in the case came Sunday while sheriff’s deputy Daniel Chisam was at Whited’s residence checking out information about drug trafficking. While no drug evidence was found, Chisam remembered the description of the Pit Stop robber and noticed the man appeared to fit the description. A check of Whited’s record revealed he has an extensive prior record with convictions for robbery.
At that point, McMinnville Police Investigator Nichole Hutchins, who was working the robbery case, was called. A lineup was then assembled and the female clerk was reportedly able to pick Whited out of the line-up. Whited has reportedly denied any involvement.
Along with the charges he already faces, police say Whited remains a suspect in the robbery of Pump n’ Pay which occurred a couple days after the Pit Stop robbery. The Pump n’ Pay robbery also occurred in the morning hours just before noon. Police believe both robberies are the work of the same person given the description of the suspect and the timing of the robberies.
Whited was reportedly living here with relatives at the time of the robberies.