Ferndale and Oak Park Police Searching for Robbery Suspect

(Lt. William Wilson, Ferndale Police Dept., Nov. 20, 2013)

NOTE: Correct suspect name spelling: Tarus Richardson

Ferndale Police and Oak Park Police are combining investigative efforts to locate one of three suspects who is still at large. He is wanted in connection with a violent, Home Invasion in Oak Park and a Robbery of a 7/11 Store. The perpetrators used a car taken in a car-jacking in Detroit, broke into a home in Oak Park and robbed the residents, then robbed the 7/11. They fled in the stolen car until they crashed in Detroit. Two suspects were arrested following the chase, the third suspect is still at large.

Anybody with information should phone Ferndale or Oak Park police or CrimeStoppers. An award of $1000 is available.

SUSPECT:

Taurus Richardson, black male, 11/23/88

Attached is a prior mug shot of Richardson, and a picture of the suspect in the store during the commission of the robbery.

For previous story on the robbery, see http://oaklandcounty115.com/2013/11/18/ferndale-police-report-711-robbed-as-part-of-crime-spree/.

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