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Man arrested for robbing 4 small businesses

Posted at 7:13 AM, Nov 19, 2015
and last updated 2015-11-19 10:13:24-05

Jonathan Lewis was arrested on Nov. 11 for a four robberies.

According to police, the robberies happened on Nov. 9 and 10 small, family-owned businesses in the southeast part of the valley.

Police say that Lewis would enter the store and act like a customer before pulling out a small handgun and demanding cash from store employees.

On Nov. 11, Lewis was spotted in a vehicle that matched the description of a getaway car used during the robberies. The SUV had also been reported as stolen. Lewis was arrested without incident on Boulder Highway.

He has been charged with 6 counts of robbery with a deadly weapon and 4 counts of burglary with a deadly weapon. He was booked into the Clark County Detention Center.