Suspected armored car robber arrested in Texas

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Las Vegas, NV (KXNT) – A man suspected of pulling off an armored car heist outside of a Las Vegas bank last month was arrested in Texas last week.

Police say 29-year-old Devonte Jackson was picked up in by Texas State Troopers in Centerville on July 29th. The FBI assisted with Jackson’s arrest.

Investigators said that Jackson got away with approximately $300,000 in the robber outside of the U.S. Bank location at Charleston and Hualapai back on July 16th. No one was hurt.

Jackson faces one count of robbery with the use of a deadly weapon and one count of coercion with force with the use of a deadly weapon pending his extradition back to Las Vegas.

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