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Morgantown Police arrest armed robbery suspect

At about 10 p.m. May 21, officers of the Morgantown Police Department were notified of a possible armed robbery that happened at about 8:30 p.m. May 21. They were alerted by the management of the Boost Mobile Store, at 360 High St., that an employee reported being robbed.

At about 12:03 p.m. Thursday, officers of the department and members of the MonMetro Drug Task Force found the suspect and conducted a felony traffic stop on Walnut Street. Ivan Robert Nelson Jr., 35, of Detroit, Mich., was charged with an outstanding warrant for armed robbery and is pending arraignment.

Additionally, Nelson was charged on an outstanding warrant from the MonMetro Drug Task Force for possession with intent to deliver cocaine and is pending arraignment for this charge as well.

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