Enrique “Ricky” Sabedra Jr., 40, currently in Howard County Jail, and Michael Lee Munoz, 26, also being held in the county jail, were both indicted on charges of robbery, an enhanced first-degree felony.

According to law enforcement reports, the pair were arrested Dec. 18 shortly after a police officer who was getting ready to take a meal break at the Travel Centers of America truck stop spotted them running from the gas station.

“The officer saw the two suspects running along Interstate Highway 20,” said Sgt. Tony Everett, public information officer with the Big Spring Police Department. “It appeared the two were looking for a way to cross the Interstate.”

Everett said the officer, assisted by deputies from the Howard County Sheriff's Office, pursued the two men and eventually took them into custody in the 800 block of W. Interstate Highway 20, a short distance from the Exxon station.

The alleged assailants are not believed to have used a weapon in the robbery, according to Everett, and no injuries were reported as a result of the incident.

“According to the report, the two men approached the clerk at the Exxon station and told them, 'This is a robbery,'” said Everett. “They took the clerk back to the store's bathroom and told them to stay in there. The clerk stayed there until they heard the door chime, at which time they believed the men had left. However, when the clerk opened the bathroom door, they saw the two men running out the door with the station's cash box.”

The cash box was recovered when officers arrested the two men, according to Everett.

Also indicted Thursday were:

• Shawn Carl Anderson, 38, currently in Howard County Jail, forgery (two counts, both state jail felonies).

• Patricia Labelle Edwards, 47, of 9202 Kay Rd., driving while intoxicated (third-degree felony).

• Mickey Aubrey Emerson, 47, of 5817 N. Service Rd., driving while intoxicated with open container (third-degree felony).

• Priscilla Irene Hernandez, 29, of 707 Magnolia, delivery of a controlled substance (state jail felony).

• Jerry Lee Hinojos, 41, of 302 W. Carpenter in Stanton, driving while intoxicated (third-degree felony).

• Joann Hirzel, 19, of 1805 Alabama, possession of a controlled substance (state jail felony).

• David Brian Lownes, 50, of 3911 Hamilton, possession of a controlled substance (state jail felony).

• Sherry Lynn Johnson, 43, of 1708 S. Scurry, driving while intoxicated (third-degree felony).

• Michael Steven Marquez, 27, currently in the county jail, delivery of a controlled substance (second-degree felony).

• David Lynn Peterson, 34, of 1502 Sycamore, forgery (third-degree felony, enhanced).

• Phillip Arnold Price, 46, of 1526 E. 17th St., forgery (state jail felony).

• Ann Marie Renteria, 38, of 107 N.E. Ninth St., theft – more than $1,500 and less than $20,000 (state jail felony).

• Charles Luther Ussery III, 55, of 411 Glenna, driving while intoxicated (third-degree felony).

• Jesse Rojo Valverde, 41, of 805 Ohio, driving while intoxicated (third-degree felony).

• William Dean Woodard, 40, of 2401 Cheyenne, driving while intoxicated (two counts, both second-degree felonies – enhanced).

• Terri Lynn Yanez, 44, of 1802 Wasson, forgery (two counts, both state jail felonies).

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