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Jewelry store owner stops armed robbery with alarm and shotgun
Lyle Sellers of Lyles Jewelry at 709 Dwight fought two bandits Thursday afternoon after they threatened clerk Rosiland Welling ton and robbed the cash register. He triggered the burglary alarm and fired, hitting Eugene Castillo 34, of 517 N. San Horacio, who collapsed outside. The other robber escaped with $500, later identified by Sellers as Castillo's partner. no charges were filed. Castillo was later jailed on robbery by assault charges, while police detained a second suspect.
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Lyle Sellers
Lyle’s Jewelry
Dwight
Rosiland Weillington
Quintana
Eugene Castillo
N. San Horacio
Sellers
Castillo
Wellington
Robert B. Green
City