The Bay County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of the man believed responsible for two armed robberies at a convenience store in Callaway.
The first robbery occurred on May 20, the second robbery at about 4:00 am on May 24, 2013, at the Beeline on Cherry Street in Callaway. Each time a black male entered the store wearing a ski mask and brandishing a firearm, demanding money from the clerk and customers in the store. During the second robbery, as two customers approached the store and realized it was being robbed, the suspect confronted them at gunpoint, demanding they assist him in taking cigarettes and other items as well as cash from the cash register. The suspect also took a customer’s wallet.
Both incidents were captured on store security video cameras. When the suspect returned for the second robbery, he drove his vehicle and tried to park in a driveway of a home behind the store. He then moved the car to a nearby apartment complex where security video cameras were able to record images of the vehicle.
Deputies and investigators located the vehicle identified in the video at a home at 6000 Harvey Street in Panama City. The owner of the residence gave consent to search and investigators and deputies found items reported stolen in the home as well as the ski mask, shoes and the gun believed used in the robberies. The gun was a BB gun that appeared to be a handgun. Robert Ne’Well Bowen was located in the driveway of the residence. He was wanted on a warrant and was taken to the Bay County Jail.
Witnesses stated Bowen had left the residence in his vehicle and was unaccounted for during the time of the robberies and when he returned to the residence on Harvey Street he had items matching those reported stolen. Robert Ne’Well Bowen, DOB 5/27/91, was charged with two counts of Kidnapping and five counts of Robbery with a Firearm.