December 9, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Suspected serial robber Freddie Spruytenburg, Jr., 31, is in custody after he allegedly held up Nashville Wine & Spirits at 4556 Harding Pike last night.
West Precinct Detective Robert Peterson was in the area investigating similar cases when he responded to the robbery at 7:45 p.m. A short time later, he spotted the suspect’s white Jeep Grand Cherokee on Annex Avenue. Spruytenburg, the sole occupant in the SUV, drove off at a high rate of speed. He struck a semi-truck and a car on Charlotte Pike at Interstate 40 before officers took him into custody. No one was seriously injured. Items stolen during the robbery, including whiskey, were recovered from inside the Jeep.
Spruytenburg, of Hillsboro Road, is currently charged with one count of aggravated robbery. Additional charges are pending.
Spruytenburg is a suspect in the following hold-ups:
· Mapco at 2103 21st Avenue South on December 8.
· The Wine Shoppe at Green Hills at 2109 Abbott Martin Road on November 28.
· Carrabba’s Italian Grill at 2101 Green Hills Village Drive on November 21.
· Mellow Mushroom at 212 21st Avenue South on November 13.
In each robbery, a masked man robbed the business at gunpoint and fled in a white SUV.
Spruytenburg’s photo is being withheld pending lineups. He has previous convictions for assault, drug possession and DUI.
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