Tennessee man arrested for Brunswick robbery spree and assault

Willie Gray, a 46-year-old man from Memphis, Tennessee, has been arrested and charged in connection with a series of robberies and an assault in Brunswick, Georgia. The charges include two counts of robbery, aggravated battery, exploitation of an elderly adult, misdemeanor obstruction of law enforcement, and providing a false name.

The investigation, led by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) at the request of the Brunswick Police Department, began following a September 14 robbery at a Dollar General on Norwich Street, where a suspect stole cash and physically assaulted an elderly man. A second robbery occurred on September 19 at another Dollar General on J Street, involving the theft of cash but no injuries.

A third incident occurred on September 24, when a man matching the suspect's description snatched a purse outside of Roses on Glynn Avenue. Following the theft, bystanders alerted police to a nearby vacant commercial property, where officers from the Brunswick Police Department, Glynn County Sheriff’s Office, and Glynn County Police Department located Gray hiding on a rooftop. He was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Glynn County Jail.