Marion man faces armed robbery charge

A Marion man was arrested Monday on charges he robbed a Marion gas station at gunpoint in May.

Jamey Lee Heil, 32, is charged with first-degree robbery. According to a criminal complaint, he went May 25 into the Kum & Go at 1203 Blairs Ferry Rd. and demanded at gunpoint that an employee hand him all the money in the store. The employee gave him the money.

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Investigators identified the car that Heil used in the robbery and identified him as the driver using video surveillance. A search warrant was executed at Heil’s residence, where police said they found more items that he used during the robbery, according to a news release from the Marion Police Department.

When Heil talked with police about the robbery, he said, “I made a huge mistake,” according to the complaint.

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