LYNN HAVEN — Police have arrested a Southport man who allegedly held up a woman at gunpoint in the Wal-Mart parking lot, according to a Lynn Haven Police Department press release.
Timothy Blake Keller, 56, was identified by several callers to LHPD as a suspect pictured from an armed robbery around noon Tuesday. His last known address was in the Southport area but he is listed as a transient.
The female victim told police she was loading groceries into her vehicle on the south side of the parking lot when she was approached by a white male who pointed a gun at her and demanded cash. After she gave him all her available money, the man demanded she take him to the bank where she was ordered to withdraw more, LHPD reported.
The suspect then drove her back to Wal-Mart where he left her in her vehicle, police said.
LHPD believes the suspect got into an older model, red, compact two-door truck.
The Lynn Haven Police Department obtained arrest warrants for Keller for armed robbery, armed carjacking and kidnapping. A Bay County Sheriff’s Deputy observed Keller operating his 2001 Buick in the area of North Lagoon Drive and Joan Avenue and took him in to custody without incident.
Keller has been transported to the Bay County jail and will undergo a first appearance on Thursday.