Indianapolis man arrested following Wednesday morning robbery on Nappanee Street
ELKHART, Ind. - An Indianapolis man was arrested following a robbery on Nappanee Street Wednesday morning, according to the Elkhart Police Department.
At 9:21 a.m., officers were called to a robbery in progress at a drug store in the 1200 block of N. Nappanee Street.
The suspect, later identified as 37-year-old Timothy Coffee, allegedly robbed a store employee of their phone and keys and then left the area in the victim's Chevy Cruz.
An officer located the vehicle in a grocery store parking lot on C.R. 6.
At 9:45 a.m., officers and deputies with the Elkhart County Sheriff's Office located Coffee inside the front of the store and took him into custody.
Coffee was arrested on a preliminary charge of armed robbery and on outstanding unrelated warrants.
He was taken to the Elkhart County Jail.
The victim's cell phone was found in a wooded area in the 2700 block of Emerson Drive at 5:45 p.m. that evening.
No injuries were reported during the incident.
There is no ongoing threat to the public.