THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, November 26, 1995 TAG: 9511260068
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY STEVE STONE, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: Short : 47 lines
An armed robbery suspect's efforts to elude police were thwarted by a police K-9 dog who literally took a bite out of crime early Saturday.
Troy D. Williams, 29, whose last known address was in the 4400 block of Chelsea St., was being held without bond in the city jail Saturday night on one count of robbery, two counts of armed robbery, three counts of using a gun while committing a felony and one count of possession of cocaine. He is also wanted in Norfolk for at least one armed robbery in that city.
Police spokesman Mike Carey said that at about 1:10 a.m., a man armed with a shotgun walked into the Domino's Pizza delivery shop in the 300 block of Newtown Road.
He pointed the shotgun at one of two employees in the front of the store and announced the robbery, saying he not only wanted the shop's receipts but also any money the employees had.
``What he didn't realize was that there was an employee in the back of the store on the phone with the store manager,'' Carey said.
The gunman spotted the employee on the phone and ordered her to hang up, but not before she had a chance to tell the manager what was happening.
The manager called police, and just as the gunman was fleeing the shop, two officers arrived. They chased the suspect into a nearby subdivision, but lost track of him.
Police surrounded the area, and Officer Dave Hilton brought in a K-9 dog named Bud.
The dog was able to track the gunman and, when he refused orders from the officers to halt, ``the dog apprehended him with his jaw,'' Carey said.
The suspect was not seriously hurt.
The gunman initially refused to give police his name, citing the Fifth Amendment, Carey said. That made police suspicious that he was wanted elsewhere.
When police learned his name, they found out about the warrants for his arrest in Norfolk.
The shotgun and most of the stolen money were recovered.
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