Armed Robbery 1500 Edgewater Drive 7-11 Convenience Store

 August 19 th, 11:09 pm  Call is received regarding Commercial Robbery.  Suspect described as W/M with face covered.  Suspect had a large knife when he entered.  Employee and manager locked themselves in the front office while suspect jumped the counter.  Suspect demanded the employee open register but she remained in the office.  Suspect tried to open cash drawer but was not successful. He fled out of the back door.

 Patrol first arrived at 11:13 pm.  K-9 Ofc. N. Russell arrived and began a track which ended in the 800 block of Guernsey St.  K-9 “Raptor” located the mask worn by the suspect during the track.  Patrol continued the investigation and notified Detectives.  Sgt. D. Esan and Det. R. Rivas responded to the scene.

 The Robbery Unit received information from CrimeLine on the morning of regarding the previous robbery from  These leads were followed up on and led to 723 Guernsey St.  Esan and Rivas made contact with:  Joshua N. Frey (W/M )

 Frey cooperated with detectives and probable cause was established to charge Frey with:  -Armed Robbery with a Mask.  The investigation resulted in probable cause being established for OPD case # ( ) where Frey was charged with an additional charge of:  -Armed Robbery with a Mask

 Frey was booked in the Orange County Jail and held on a “No Bond” status.  After a search of Frey’s home, the hooded sweatshirt, shorts, and plastic bag from both cases were recovered.  No employees of the business were injured during either case.  *This case is being looked into by the ATF for possible Federal Prosecution.

Joshua N. Frey Guernsey St. Orlando, Fl counts of: Armed Robbery with a Mask.