18-year-old faces multiple robbery charges

After getting arrested Tuesday for his suspected involvement in a tobacco store robbery, Bryar Byrne now faces three charges for first degree robbery on two seperate incidents.

Police say that Byrne, 18, of 165 Westview Dr. NW, was one of two men who entered the Tobacco Point at 1545 First Ave. NE on Nov. 5, 2009 carrying a gun and a club. According to authorities, the two suspects struck the store clerk in the face with a gun and then made off with some liquor. Byrne was charged with first degree robbery on May 4.

On Wednesday, May 5, Byrne was charged with two counts of first degree robbery for a bank job back in March. Police say Byrne was the lone robber who entered the US Bank at 3401 Mount Vernon Road SE at around 10:37 a.m. on March 15 and displayed a handgun.

Byrne is being held in Linn County Jail on $25,000 bond for the November charge and is awaiting a court appearance for the two charges stemming from the March bank robbery.