Upper Arlington police have arrested two Columbus men they say robbed a local woman at gunpoint earlier this month.

Police announced in a press release Friday, Feb. 24, that William Henry Knox Jr. and Marcellus James Tolliver, both 23, have been charged with aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony.

According to the release, Columbus police SWAT officers arrested the two at 403 E. 12th Ave. in Columbus. The release didn’t state when the arrests took place and a detective handling the case couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.

According to the release, Upper Arlington police assisted Columbus police in a subsequent search of the 12th Street residence, another residence at 3262 Lone Spruce Road in Columbus and a vehicle registered to Tolliver that is believed to have been used in the robbery.

The arrests were made in connection with a Feb. 11 incident in which an Upper Arlington woman reported she was robbed at gunpoint by two unknown assailants outside her house on Barrington Road.

An initial UA police police report said the woman reported she was robbed of a $100,000 cashier’s check from a relative’s estate, as well as $1,400 in cash, a cellular telephone and two credit cards.

Friday’s press release said the woman told police she had just returned home from the Hollywood Casino on Columbus’ West Side and was exiting her vehicle when she was robbed in her driveway.

“The female was not injured during the robbery,” the press release stated. “Investigators believe the female was targeted by the suspects while at the casino and then followed home where the robbery occurred.”

Knox and Tolliver will be taken to the Franklin County jail. Police asked that anyone with additional information regarding the Feb. 11 incident to call Upper Arlington police at 614-583-5160.

Look for more details in the March 2 edition of ThisWeek Upper Arlington News.

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