WESTLAKE, Ohio -- A Lakewood man accused of robbing a Westlake convenience store Friday was arrested Monday in Cleveland, according to Westlake police.
The Westlake Police Department used tips from the public and other police departments to identify, locate and arrest a man accused of robbing the Convenient Store on Detroit Road at Dover Center Road just before 10:30 p.m. Friday, Westlake police say.
Mousa H. Abukhalil, 29, was arrested about 7:20 p.m. Monday at East 61st Street and Superior Avenue in Cleveland, Westlake police say. He faces one first-degree felony charge of aggravated robbery, court records show.
Abukhalil made his initial appearance Wednesday before Rocky River Municipal Court Judge Donna Congeni Fitzsimmons who set his bond at $250,000, court records show. His case was bound over to the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas where Abukhalil is scheduled to appear at a Tuesday morning arraignment.
Westlake police and Lakewood police executed a search warrant Thursday afternoon at Abukhalil's home on the 14000 block of Clifton Boulevard.
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