A suspect has been arrested in the robbery of a residence on Montclair Drive.
According to information from the Amarillo Police Department, on Wednesday, officers were sent to the Mr. Payroll location at 1400 Amarillo Boulevard East on a forgery. Officers learned that a man had tried to cash a check that was taken in the robbery. Officers then were able to identify a suspect in the forgery.
At about 3:10 PM, an officer stopped a pickup for a traffic violation near 16th Avenue and South Arthur Street. Michael Anthony Martinez, 37, was in the back seat of the vehicle. Martinez was the man officers were seeking in connection with the forgery on Amarillo Boulevard East.
Martinez was arrested for not wearing a seat belt and forgery. He was booked into the Potter County Detention Center. Martinez is not charged in the robbery.
At about 9:00pm on Wednesday, a patrol officer located the white four-door 2012 Chevrolet that investigators had identified as the suspect vehicle. The officer stopped the car near 5th Avenue and South Kentucky. The driver, Isaac Fernando Cardoza, 21, was arrested.
Officers found property, including the laptop taken in this robbery. Cardoza was booked into the Potter County Detention Center for burglary of a habitation with intent to commit a felony other than theft (assault).
APD says that officers are continuing to investigate this case, including reviewing other reported attempts to cash checks taken in this crime.
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