CALLAWAY -- Deputies have arrested a suspect in two armed robberies last week at the same store, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office.
Robert Ne’Well Bowen, 22, is charged with two counts of kidnapping and five counts of robbery with a firearm for allegedly robbing the Beeline on Cherry Street and its customers on May 20 and May 24.
Investigators believe Bowen wore a ski mask and brandished a BB gun that resembled a handgun during each robbery. In both robberies, which were captured on the store’s surveillance cameras, a suspect demanded money from the clerk at gunpoint and from customers in the store.
In the second robbery, surveillance cameras at a nearby apartment complex captured images of the suspect’s vehicle, which led investigators to Bowen.
Bowen was found with items matching those reported stolen from the Beeline, and witnesses told investigators he had left his residence at the time of the robberies and was unaccounted for.
