Series of armed robberies strikes Mobile businesses and residents

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A wave of robberies across Mobile has led to two arrests, with police still searching for two additional suspects involved in separate incidents.

Officers arrested 22-year-old Joseph Hart on Saturday after he allegedly tried to steal clothes from the Walmart on the I-65 Service Road. Investigators say Hart went inside the store, took clothes into a changing room, put them on and walked back through the store.

When an employee approached Hart, police say he grabbed two baseball bats and threatened the worker. Hart was charged with first-degree robbery and resisting arrest…

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