Armed Robbery Arrest

A Williamson resident is now behind bars and charged with one count of armed robbery.

According to Williamson Police Department (WPD) Lt. G.P. Dotson, 27 year old Lisa Fields of Marshall Street allegedly approached the elderly victim as she was traveling down the sidewalk on Pike Street.

Fields is said to have asked for a cigarette, which the victim gave to her. The handicapped woman continued to travel down 3rd Avenue and entered the pedestrian underpass near the old Cinderella Theater that connects 3rd and 4th Avenues.

Once inside the covered walkway, Fields once again made contact with the victim. The encounter ended when Fields grabbed the elderly lady by the hair and pressed the blade of a knife to her neck, threatening to harm her if she did not turn over a black bag she was carrying that contained numerous items.

A struggle ensued. Fields ran back out of the underpass in the direction of 3rd Avenue after gaining possession of the bag, while the victim managed to cross 4th Avenue to seek help at the police station.

According to police, Fields had scattered the victim’s belongings down the street as she fled the scene, in an apparent attempt to find money or prescription medication among the stolen goods.

Fields was placed under arrest and was transported back to the police station where the victim positively identified the female as the person who had robbed her.

Fields was arraigned by a Mingo County Magistrate on the charge of armed robbery, which is a felony capitol offense, and was remanded to the custody of the Southwestern Regional Jail with stipulations of no bond.

Fields will be arraigned in Mingo County Circuit Court on this offense in the near future.