Two Men Arrested in Connection With Robberies

— Two Springdale men were arrested in connection with three incidents of aggravated robbery during November, according to a new release from the Springdale Police Department.

Timothy Counts, 24, and Richard Rodriguez, 22, both of Springdale, were arrested Wednesday and were being held in the Washington County Detention Center on Thursday in lieu of $50,000 bond each. They are charged in connection with aggravated robbery, theft by receiving, theft of property, promoting prostitution, breaking and entering and possession of drug paraphernalia.

The incidents were initiated through ads. Two were reported previously, and the third was discovered during the course of the investigation, according to the news release. In all three cases, the victims were robbed at gunpoint.

Detectives tracked a telephone number used in the personal ad exchanges, according to the news release. The number led them to Raintree/Foxfire Apartments. A search warrant was obtained for the apartment and vehicles. Detectives found property belonging to the victims. Detectives also recovered property from unrelated residential burglaries in Springdale.

On Nov. 21, a man reported two cars blocked his vehicle while he was southbound on West End Street, according to a police news release. A man with a gun took $1,000 and a cellphone, he told police.

On Nov. 28, a man was treated at a hospital for injuries suffered when he said he was jumped in the parking lot of Foxfire Apartments on West End Street where he had gone to meet a woman. Three men, one with a silver handgun, jumped him in the parking lot and beat him. Another hit the man in the face with the gun, police said previously.

The suspects took the man’s wallet, cellphone and car keys. The victim ran to Sunset Avenue and called police from a motel, according to the release.

Police found the man’s car parked in the back of the apartment complex. The vehicle had been gone through and the CD player missing.

The third robbery was discovered during the investigation. Police did not release information on this robbery.

More arrests are expected, according to the news release.

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