Center PD Investigates Robbery of Local Dollar Store, Releases Suspect Information (Updated 12:31pm)

July 17, 2019 - Center Police Department officers are currently searching for an individual involved in a robbery of the Dollar General store in Center. 

Officers converged on the location on Tenaha Street at 4:45pm. After making contact with the store employees the officers were seen traveling the nearby streets in search of their suspect.

The Center Mini Park, Center Place Apartments and other nearby residences were of apparent interest to the officers as they investigated the area assisted by Texas Department of Public Safety State Troopers.

According to a press release issued by the Center Police Department,  on July 17, 2018 approximately 4:34pm, an unknown black male, entered the Dollar General store located at 806 Tenaha St. in Center Texas, wearing a black shirt and black shorts and a black flat billed ball cap, with a white T-shirt wrapped around his face.

Center PD Sgt. Detective Nicole Faulkner and Detective Andrew Williams are seen entering the Dollar General to work their investigation of the incident.

There the unknown male subject pointed a black and silver semi-automatic handgun at the cashier and demanded the register to be opened, the cashier complied, and the male subject took the cash from the drawer and left the store.

Anyone with any information concerning these actions, or information on the identity of this subject, is urged to contact the Center Police Department. Our Office and Officers are available 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

Center Police Officer Brian Wright is seen checking bathrooms at the Center Mini Park for the possible suspect.

Officers gathered on Henrietta Street as they searched the area for their suspect.