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Deputies Investigate Robbery and Attempted Robbery At Two Restaurants on Hacks Cross Road in South-East Shelby County

Release Date: August 12, 2005

Shelby County Sheriff’s Detectives say there have been two recent armed robberies at restaurants on Hacks Cross Road in South-East Shelby County. Deputies have arrested two men who they believe are responsible for one of the robberies.

On Wednesday, July 27, 2005, two men wearing ski masks barged into a side entrance of the Captain D’s restaurant at 4209 Hacks Cross about 9:30 a.m.

One of the men, armed with a pistol, threatened the employees. However, no shots were fired and no one was hurt. The suspects, however, grabbed two money bags containing about $400 in cash and ran out of the store.

The next day, detectives charged two men with the robbery. Investigators charged Jeremy Pettis, 18, of Memphis, and Samuel Tippler, 17, also of Memphis, with Aggravated Robbery. Tippler, although a juvenile, will be charged as an adult in the case.

Jeremy D. Pettis	Samuel Tippler

 

Deputies say Pettis is a former employee at the restaurant.

Meanwhile, Deputies are looking for a man who attempted to rob another restaurant on Hacks Cross Road. Just before 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 31, 2005, the man, armed with a pistol, went to a rear entrance of the Zaxby’s restaurant at 3821 Hacks Cross Road. He held the employees at bay in the dishwashing area of the store. But after a few moments, he got very agitated and ran out the restaurant without taking any money.

He is described as a black man, about 6 feet tall, who wore blue shorts, a red tee shirt, a red and white baseball cap, and red and white New Balance tennis shoes. A picture of the suspect was captured on the store’s security camera.

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Detectives say there have been several restaurant robberies recently in this part of East Shelby County. Sheriff’s investigators are talking with Memphis Police and Germantown Police detectives to see if any of the robberies might be connected.

Anyone with information about the robbery at the Zaxby’s restaurant at 3821 Hacks Cross is asked to call the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office at (901) 545-5600 or Crime Stoppers at (901) 528-CASH (2247).