A Nacogdoches man has been charged with robbery

A Nacogdoches man has been charged for a robbery that occurred on April 22, 2014 at the Papa Bills Liquor store on Highway 259. Sheriff Jason Bridges stated that the have been actively working the case for several months with not much to go on. The break came in the case after an ongoing drug investigation that the Sheriff Office has been conducting. The sheriff Office received information that the suspect, Clifton Wheeler had committed the robbery at the liquor.
Clifton Wheeler had been previously arrested by the Sheriff Office after obtaining a warrant for his arrest for the offense of failing to comply with registrations requirements for a sex offender which is a 3rd felony. Wheeler was arrested and booked into the Nacogdoches County Sheriff Office on September 26, 2014. A 100,000.00 dollar bond was set on the offense.
On Tuesday April 22, 2014 the Sheriff Office responded to Pappa Bills Liquor store in reference to a robbery call. It was reported that a white male with a mask on had entered the store with a gun and ordered both clerks inside the cooler. No one was hurt in the robbery and Sheriff Investigators could not find anything missing from the store. A search of the area was conducted but the suspect was not found.
On October 1, 2014 the Nacogdoches County Sheriff Office conducted an interview with Wheeler at the Sheriff Office after obtaining information that he was possibly involved in the robbery. Wheeler gave a full confession to the crime and specific details about the crime that had occurred.
Wheeler gave sheriff investigators a confession of how he ordered both clerks inside the cooler and then attempted to remove money from the register. Wheeler admitted to investigators that he was high on meth during the time of the robbery and needed more money to buy drugs. Wheeler admitted to investigators that during the robbery that he could not figure out how to open the cash register.
A warrant was obtained for Wheeler’s arrest on Thursday October 2, 2014 for aggravated robbery a 1st felony. A bond has been set on the aggravated robbery for $50,000.00 dollars. Wheeler remains in the Nacogdoches County Jail on both charges.

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