Police in Council Bluffs report officers responded at around 3:40-p.m., Friday, to the Subway restaurant at 208 E. Broadway, following a reported robbery that had just occurred. Officers were given a description of the suspect (a black male, wearing a black hoodie, light colored pants with a light mask, who displayed a handgun), and a direction of travel. Within minutes officers located the suspect in a white Chevy impala with paper plates in the general area of the business.

Tyrees Brown

A traffic stop was made on the vehicle and the driver/lone occupant, was detained. He was identified as 30-year old Tyrees Abdalla Brown, a known transient. Officers reviewed the surveillance video from the business and matched up the offender of the robbery to the man who was detained. Upon a search of the suspect vehicle, elements of the robbery were discovered.

Robbery surveillance still-frame image

The employee of the business told officers that the suspect entered the business, displayed a handgun, made threats and demanded cash. The man took an undisclosed amount of cash from the business and fled the area on foot prior to officers making the traffic stop.

Brown was arrested for Robbery in the 2nd Degree, and Harassment in the 1st Degree.  No one involved in the incident was injured. There were no other witnesses to this crime. Brown was transported to Pottawattamie County Corrections and booked-in. Anyone with any information that was in the area at the time of the incident is encouraged to contact the Council Bluffs Police Investigations Division at 712-328-4728, or  Crime Stoppers at 712-328-7867.