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Ride To Restaurant Ends with Beating and Robbery

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Release Date: October 9, 2008

Sheriff’s detectives are looking for one of two men who beat and robbed another man this past weekend. Deputies arrested the other suspect last night.

David Tolleson

Obrien Hardin

David Tolleson

Obrien Hardin

Investigators say early Saturday morning (October 4), Gregory Avant, 22, of Somerville, attended a party in Cordova. He and two acquaintances left to go to a restaurant.

The men got into a PT Cruiser driven by David Tolleson, 25, of Somerville. Avant took the front passenger seat and Obrien Hardin, 19, of Arlington, sat in the back. As the men rode through an Arlington neighborhood, Tolleson suddenly stopped the car.

Avant said that’s when he was beaten and robbed by Tolleson and Hardin. The suspects took Avant’s wallet with almost $300 in cash and his watch. Avant was then pushed out of the car near the intersection of Chester and Hayes.

Deputies with the Sheriff’s Office Street Crimes Bureau arrested Obrien Hardin last night in Memphis. He has been charged with Robbery.

Anyone with information about David Tolleson is asked to call Detective Matthew Keaton at the Sheriff’s Office General Investigation Bureau at (901) 545-5600 or Crime Stoppers at (901) 528-CASH (2274).

 

 

For further information, contact:
Steve Shular
Public Information Officer
Shelby County Sheriff's Office
201 Poplar Ave - Suite 902
Memphis, TN 38103
Phone: 901-545-5532
FAX (901) 545-3310
Email: steve.shular@shelby-sheriff.org

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