Two Men Charged With Aggravated Robbery

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Two Men Charged With Aggravated Robbery

Victim helped police find the men he says took his money

David Ingram

Two men are behind bars after a robbery victim helped lead police to them following a Monday-morning robbery.

Around 2:30 Monday morning police were called to an area of East Lucas and Eastex Freeway where a robbery had just been reported. Police say a witness was following the men who did the robbery. Officers found 3 men in a dark colored SUV at Exxon at Kennedy and Phelan.

The witness identified 2 of them as the ones who robbed him at a store on the corner of Lucas and Concord.

According to statements from the witness, one of the men walked up to him and asked for some gas money. Another man jumped in the car with the victim and threatened him with a pair of scissors. After getting the victim's money the accused bandits are said to have jumped into the dark SUV and fled the scene.

Officers recovered a pair of scissors used in the robbery and the money taken. Police identify the men as Andrea Jamal Sias, 25, and Wesley James Shuler, 31. Both are from Beaumont. They were questioned by detectives and then booked into the Jefferson County Jail for Aggravated Robbery a 1st Degree Felony.

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