An Odessa transient was arrested last week on suspicion of aggravated robbery in connection with a wreck that left two women in the hospital with serious injuries.
According to an Odessa Police arrest affidavit dated April 15, employees of the Dollar Tree store on Andrews Highway near East 52nd Street told officers on Feb. 21 they saw Ja’Varris Edward Cooke, 32, steal two packages of turkey hot dogs and two cans of chili from the Dollar Tree store and strike a Chevrolet Camaro as he left the scene with his $5 worth of stolen goods in a Nissan Altima.
A short time later, witnesses reported seeing a Nissan Altima drive through a red light at a high rate of speed at 52nd Street and strike a Ford Escape occupied by two women, ages 26 and 58. Both women sustained serious injuries and the driver of the Altima was identified as Cooke, the report stated.
Cooke was arrested April 16.
