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Armed robbery suspect Dathan Guzman
The suspect in the March 29 armed robbery of Allsup’s convenience store on Mitchell Street has turned himself in to authorities.
According to a press release from CPD Captain Robbie Telles, the robbery happened just before 1 a.m. March 29. Officers were sent to the store at 1020 N. Mitchell St. for a report of an armed robbery.
On arrival, officers searched the area for the robbery suspect. Speaking to store personnel officers learned the store had been robbed at gunpoint. The Clovis Police Department Special Operations Unit investigated this incident.
Telles reports the media release about the incident was distributed Thursday. That day, a call was made to the Curry County Sheriff’s Office from a person who said he wanted to turn himself in.
Dathan Guzman, 23, of Clovis turned himself in and gave an accurate account of the robbery.
Guzman is now in the Curry County Adult Detention Center charged with armed robbery, a second degree felony.
Telles reports this continues to be an active investigation. The public is asked If you have any information about this incident, you are asked to call the Clovis Police Department at (575) 769-1921 The Clovis Police Department also would like to remind you that information can be provided anonymously by using the Clovis Police Department’s tip411 program which can be accessed by going to http://www.police.cityofclovis.org. Anonymous tips can also be provided to the Curry County Crime Stoppers at 575-763-7000.
