Five People Attempt Pawn Shop Heist; 1 Dies, 4 Get Thrown in Jail

By John Falkenberg

FORT WORTH, TX — Four people now face a capital murder charge as the result of an attempted pawn shop robbery that found two dead, the Star-Telegram reports.

Crystal Hendrix, the driver, Jensyn Polner, Micharl Ogden, and Melissa Pierce are all behind bars, one of which was actually arrested on a completely unrelated case, have all been charged in the aftermath of the crime. There’d be one more charged with murder, Brian Webb, if he hadn’t also gotten himself killed in the process.

They all conspired to commit a robbery against pawn shop owner Gary Duke, who was killed in the process.

According to the affidavit as reported by the Star-Telegram:

Pierce, who also goes by the last name of Carriera, had previously gone to the pawn shop to sell jewelry, so she was familiar with the store’s layout and that it had a safe.

Hendrix said the group had been smoking methamphetamine all that day. She drove the group in her Honda Odyssey van to the robbery, parking behind the store on the wrong side of the street. She stayed in the driver’s seat, leaving the van’s sliding door open.

During the robbery, Polner was the first to go to the door …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation