Galveston PD: Joe's Crab Shack robbers arrested

Armed robbery happened just after midnight Tuesday

GALVESTON, Texas – Galveston police arrested two men investigators said robbed the Joe's Crab Shack on Seawall Boulevard.

The robbery happened just after midnight early Tuesday morning.

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According to police, employees were in the office of the restaurant when they heard a knock on the door.

When one worker answered the door, Arthur Reyna, 22, was holding a gun and pushed the employee into the office, said investigators.

The worker told police Reyna made them fill up a backpack with cash.

Reyna was arrested at a home on Avenue O and 44th Rear street.

Damaren Francois, 23, was arrested a short time later.

Investigators said Francois was the getaway driver.

Both Reyna and Francois were charged with aggravated robbery.


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