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Man arrested in GATE armed robbery
Suspect caught in Warner Robins on traffic charges
W James Christopher Orvett
Christopher Orvet James
A man police said robbed a Northside Drive East convenience store March 6 was arrested Tuesday in Warner Robins on traffic charges but will face local charges as well. On March 8, two days after the GATE station was robbed, Statesboro police detectives identified the suspect as Christopher Orvet James of Houston County, said Statesboro Police Deputy Chief Rob Bryan. The suspect police believe was James, 42, went inside the store just before 2 a.m. on March 6, “presented a knife and demanded money from the clerk,” he said.
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