By Mike Konrad, Times Staff Writer
Saturday, October 9, 2010
SPRING HILL — Hernando County authorities arrested two suspects Saturday in connection with robberies of two convenience stores and an armed carjacking in a Publix parking lot earlier in the week.
Robert Cyr, 28, and Jennifer Crawford, 19, were arrested about 2:30 a.m. after they admitted to committing the crimes, according to a news release from the Hernando Sheriff's Office. Each was being held Saturday at the Hernando County Jail in lieu of $150,000 bail on three counts of robbery with a firearm.
Authorities said the pair were responsible for a robbery at about 11:30 p.m. last Sunday at the BP station at 13075 Spring Hill Drive in Spring Hill and another at the Circle K at 14195 Elgin Blvd. in Spring Hill at about 4 a.m. Monday. A shot was fired inside the BP station, but no one was injured.
Cyr and Crawford also admitted to stealing a man's motorcycle outside the Publix store at 4365 Commercial Way in Spring Hill at about 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, authorities said. In that case, a man identifying himself as a sheriff's deputy had called the store and reported that a motorcycle needed to be moved from the front of the building. When the owner of the motorcycle went outside to move the bike, he was confronted by a man and a woman.