Suspects Quickly Apprehended in Robbery and Burglary of Businesses

Pensacola, Fl — At approximately 4 pm Wednesday afternoon, officers responded to the Circle K at 2700 Gulf Beach Highway to investigate a robbery of a business. A white male had committed a robbery by grabbing money from the cash register and had fled the store. K-9 Jeck began to track for the suspect. While the dog was tracking, the suspect was observed entering a trailer on Bainbridge Avenue. Troy Anthony Smith Jr, 23 was arrested and charged with Robbery.
Shortly after 12:00 am deputies were called to Express Air and Heating at 2796 Helen Street for a Burglary in progress. Arriving, deputies observed a dark green in color Ford Pickup with one of its doors open parked toward the rear of the business and a white male fleeing on foot into a wooded area. Fleeing suspect Thomas Daniel Robinson, 25 was apprehended without incident as well as suspect Charles Ray Boudreaux, 19, shortly afterward. Both admitted to stealing old AC evaporator cores out of the fenced in back yard of the business.