Crews

LIVE OAK, Fla. — A Valdosta man was booked into the Suwannee County Jail this week in connection with a May armed robbery, according to the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office.

Eric Rashad Crews, 22, of Valdosta, and Henry McCray Jr., 22, of Madison, Fla., are in custody and charged with armed robbery; Lillie Daniels is wanted on a charge of armed robbery, according to authorities.

The charges stem from the May 7 robbery of three people on 147th Road in Suwannee County, Fla.  

McCray was arrested on the same day of the crime on the armed robbery charge.

He told law enforcement the victims owed him $100 and were ready to pay him, but when he arrived in Suwannee County, the victims said they didn’t have the money, according to reports.

The victims’ phones, wallets and a purse were taken at gunpoint and the suspect said he would return the items when his debt was paid, according to SCSO reports. The stolen property was valued at $800.

SCSO deputies said they found Crews, McCray and Daniels returning to the scene of the robbery shortly after the victims reported it.

Their vehicle was the same one described by the victims and inside it was the same handgun victims reported being used in the robbery, authorities said.