HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Law enforcement in Huntington located and arrested a Lesage man and charged him with robbing a Dollar General store.
Officers responded to the store, located in the 2700 block of 5th Avenue, at approximately 6 p.m. Tuesday for an armed robbery call.
Shortly after conducting a search of the area for the suspect, members of the Cabell County Sheriff’s Department responded to a disturbance near Lesage. Deputies pulled over a vehicle that was leaving the area of the disturbance. They identified the driver, Clay Pratt, as the robbery suspect from the Dollar General. Deputies also found a firearm in the vehicle and believe it to be the firearm Pratt used in the robbery.
Pratt was transported to the Huntington Police Department for processing. The Police Department’s Detective Bureau conducted an interview with Pratt. He’s being charged with one count of felony first-degree armed robbery.