Police say a 17-year-old ambushed victims in back-to-back robberies, including an armored guard outside a bank.
SAN ANTONIO — Two brazen robberies in less than 24 hours—and police say the same teenager is behind both of them.
17-year-old Raymond Crawford III is now behind bars, accused of targeting victims in violent ambush-style attacks that left one man pistol-whipped and an armored guard robbed of his service weapon.
According to an arrest warrant, Crawford and a second suspect—identified as 22-year-old Roshanny Jackson—jumped out of a black Chevy Malibu as an armored truck guard was servicing an ATM.
It happened last Tuesday around 1:30 p.m. outside a Chase Bank in the 1100 block of Goliad Road.
Detectives say Crawford grabbed the guard from behind, put him in a chokehold, pointed a gun in his face, and demanded cash. The suspects then sped away with both money and the guard’s service weapon, according to an arrest warrant.
Police quickly issued a BOLO, or “be on the lookout,” for the getaway car and soon tracked it down. Crawford was arrested immediately. Jackson, who tried to run, was also taken into custody nearby.
“We did recover some money in a nearby location in a money bag,” said Sgt. Hernandez with SAPD. “We’re still looking for other items of interest, including the firearm.”
According to an arrest warrant, detectives then uncovered new evidence connecting Crawford to another violent crime. The same vehicle was linked to another robbery just one day earlier.
On September 1, police said Crawford ambushed a man outside a shopping center off Judson Road. According to investigators, Crawford put the victim in a chokehold, pistol-whipped him and stole his backpack containing $5,000 in cash.
A witness snapped a photo of the getaway car, which police say became the key piece of evidence tying Crawford to both crimes, according to police documents.
Crawford is charged in both robberies and remains in jail on a $200,000 bond for the Judson Road robbery.
Jackson is charged only in the ATM robbery, not the Judson Road attack.
When asked if Crawford could be connected to a wider string of ATM robberies across San Antonio this year, police said only that the investigations are ongoing.