LAFAYETTE POLICE BELIEVE THEY’VE SOLVED 3 ARMED ROBBERIES AND A HIJACKING-ROBBERY WITH THE ARREST OF A 21-YEAR SUSPECT.  PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR TOMMY FREEMAN SAID KENNETH MILES, OF A BRONCO ROAD ADDRESS, IS IN THE WALKER COUNTY JAIL WITH CHARGES OF ARMED ROBBERY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND POSSESSION OF A FIREARM IN THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME… AND MORE ARE PENDING.  FREEMAN SAID MILES MET A LAFAYETTE MAN WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO TEST-DRIVE A CAR HE WAS SELLING. HE ALLEGEDLY PULLED A GUN, ROBBED THE MAN… THEN SHOT AT HIM AS HE RAN AWAY – TAKING THE CAR. THE OWNER WAS NOT HURT, AND THE VEHICLE WAS RECOVERED.  A LOOKOUT WAS POSTED, AND MILES WAS LATER ARRESTED IN CHATTOOGA COUNTY. MILES IS A SUSPECT IN THREE ARMED ROBBERIES AT LAFAYETTE CONVENIENCE STORES OVER THE LAST MONTH, ACCORDING TO FREEMAN. HE WILL ALSO FACE DRUG CHARGES IN CHATTOOGA COUNTY.

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