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> 4/17/2002
> Store owner in armed standoff with suspects
> Palatka Daily News
>
> An armed standoff with an Interlachen store owner resulted in the arrest
> of three young men on attempted robbery charges Monday afternoon,
> according to Putnam County sheriff’s reports.
>
> Deputies were dispatched to the Bravo Store and Market at 318 Atlantic
> Ave. in Interlachen where the store owner, Agustin Bravo, reported that
> two armed men came into his store demanding money.
>
> Bravo told deputies the two men were armed with small semi-automatic
> handguns. One of the suspects wore a bandana across his face, while the
> other wore a hat.
>
> Bravo said he refused to hand over the money and retrieved his own gun,
> ordering the robbers to leave, the report says. Moments later, two
> customers entered the store. The two suspects fled from the store.
>
> The customers probably prevented a shootout, according to a news release
> from the sheriff’s office.
>
> Interlachen police asked the sheriff’s office to handle the
> investigation.
>
> Several additional sheriff’s office units and a state Department of
> Corrections Bloodhound Unit converged on the area. They did not find the
> suspects after an initial search of the area on foot.
>
> Several minutes into the search, a citizen called the sheriff’s office
> to report that several people in a black Ford Taurus were armed with
> guns. The citizen provided a tag number, which was registered to a
> person in Palatka.
>
> Investigators responded to Stucky’s Pawn Shop, west of Interlachen,
> where a young male had just pawned a shotgun. Witnesses confirmed that
> the black Ford Taurus had left the store heading east on State Road 20.
> A witness also said they had seen more than one gun in the car and one
> of the people was wearing a bandana.
>
> A short time later, Sgt. Richard Harrell saw the Ford Taurus at the
> Handy Way Food Store west of Interlachen. As Harrell pulled up to the
> car, three men fled on foot. Harrell chased one of the men, identified
> as Brian C. Bispham, 19, of Interlachen, capturing him a short distance
> away. A search of the area revealed a bandana and a handgun.
>
> Numerous deputies and detectives converged on the area and caught the
> two other suspects. Det. George Traber captured Robert J. Kimball, 21,
> of Bostwick as he tried to leave the area. Det. John Merchant caught
> Robert Waylon Smith, 17, also of Bostwick, as he ran from the back of
> the Handy Way.
>
> Detectives continued their investigation by interviewing several other
> young people that were in the Ford Taurus around the time of the
> attempted robbery. The investigation is continuing into the other
> people’s involvement.
>
> Bispham, Kimball and Smith were booked into the county jail where they
> were charged with attempted armed robbery. Smith was released to the
> custody of the state Department of Juvenile Justice.
>
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