According to Amarillo Police, on December 7th, officers investigated an armed robbery at the Cefco at 3400 South Coulter. Officers had information that a suspect was possibly driving a stolen 2009 black Nissan Frontier. The vehicle had been stolen on December 5th while it was left running unattended in the 2500 block of South Georgia.
In the evening on December 7th, officers were disaptched to the Pak-a-Sak at 3400 South Western on the report of a stolen vehicle. Keys had been left in the unlocked vehicle unattended. The vehicle was a 2016 Chevrolet Impala. While officers were investigating, they noticed the Nissan parked and unoccupied in the same lot.
Later, officers located the Impala in the parking lot of a hotel at 6030 West I-40. The driver fled the parking lot and officers were unable to safely pursue. Officers contacted Onstar and found the Impala was located in the 10600 block of Amarillo Boulevard West. Officers found the vehicle wrecked and abandoned.
While searching the area, officers overheard Potter County deputies responding to a stolen vehicle that had just occurred in the 1900 block of Girl Scout Road. It is believed the suspect entered an open garage and took a 2017 white GMC Sierra with the keys left inside. The driver refused to stop and drove down an embankment, fleeing north on Coulter Street. Officers were unable to safely pursue.
Later in the evening, officers were dispatched to the Toot n Totum at 5409 East Amarillo Boulevard on a disorderly call with a weapon. Officers were told two males were fighting over a gun inside a white vehicle in the parking lot. When officers arrived, three witnesses had detained James Odonnell, 41. Officers say Odonnell is believed to have walked to a female sitting in her vehicle at a gas pump and pointed a gun at her. Officers say the suspect attempted to steal the vehicle and was disarmed and detained by witnesses.
The GMC truck was located by officers. Odonnell was found to have a Parole Warrant for Burglary out of Bastrop County and is believed to be the suspect in the Cefco robbery. Odonnell was booked into the Potter County Detention Center for the Parole Warrant, Aggravated Robbery and Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.
Other incidents remain under investigation.
