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Atchison robbery suspect extradited

By Greg Bebermeyer

08/20/2020

Mark Stephens ( Credit: Atchison Co Sheriff's Office)

(KAIR)--A Melbourne, Florida man accused the armed robbery of an Atchison business earlier this month has been extradited to Atchison County to face charges.

According to a report from Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson, 26-year-old Mark Stephens is now in the Atchison County Jail.

Stephens was booked into the jail Wednesday on charges of aggravated robbery and felony theft. He's being held on a $100,000 bond.

Stephens is accused of robbing Cricket Wireless in the 100-block of South 8th Street on August 8.

Wilson said Stephens entered the store and ordered a clerk to get him iPhones from a locked box as he showed the clerk a handgun in his waist.

He allegedly grabbed phone accessories before fleeing the scene in a nearby parked vehicle.

Stephens was later arrested by the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Platte County, Missouri. It was determine the Nissan SUV he was driving had been stolen from the Kansas City area.

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