COLUMBUS, Ohio ( WCMH ) – Two of three suspects were arrested this week in connection with seven robberies — including three in one morning — over a five-week span during the summer of 2024.
According to court records, Malachi Bowers is charged with seven counts of aggravated robbery and Sean West is charged with six counts as two of three suspects allegedly involved in the armed robbery of several business on throughout the city of Columbus.
Bowers and West, along with Lamonte Rayford, reportedly held three different store clerks at gunpoint on Aug. 8 of last year. Police said at 3:45 a.m. the three attempted to gain access to a United Dairy Farmers gas station near Reynoldsburg on Tussing Road, but the clerk was able to enter the building and lock the door before calling police…