Fairway police searching for suspect in armed robbery

Fairway_policeFairway police are asking the public for help identifying the suspect in an armed robbery near the Fairway Shops this morning. A release on the incident from the police department follows:

On Thursday February 19, 2015 about 10:30 a.m. the Fairway Police Department responded to a report of an armed robbery in the parking lot of the Houlihan’s Restaurant 2820 W. 53rd Street. The victim reported being approached by a white male armed with a handgun who demanded the victim’s purse. The suspect is described as a white male about six feet tall, mid 20’s, a small skinny build, wearing a dark hoodie, dark pants, and white tennis shoes. The victim was not hurt during the robbery.

Please contact the Fairway, Kansas Police Department at 913-262-2364 or the Crime Stoppers TIPS Hotline at 816-764-8477 if you have information about this crime.

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Jay Senter
Jay Senter

Jay Senter is the founder and publisher of the Johnson County Post.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in business at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, where he worked as a reporter and editor at The Badger Herald.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas. While he was in graduate school, he also worked as a reporter for the Lawrence Journal-World.

His reporting has appeared in the Kansas City Star, The Pitch and The New York Times, among other publications.

Senter was the recipient of the Johnson County Community College Headliner Award in 2023.

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