'Serial robber' charged with Office Park and Brookwood Village armed robberies
A Tuscaloosa County man has been charged within the recent Office Park and Brookwood Village armed robberies, among other charges.
Authorities are calling the suspect, Devon Samir Minter, 21 of Lake View, a serial robber, charging him with similar robberies in Hoover and other area cities.
On May 4, Minter allegedly drove up in a black older model Dodge Charger, walked up to a woman’s car, displayed a handgun and stole her purse, cell phone and credit cards. She had been sitting in the parking lot at 201 Office Park Drive when she saw him drive up and park behind her.
On the evening of April 30, the suspect robbed another victim sitting in his car in the parking lot of Macy’s at Brookwood Village. After both cases, the victim was armed when he approached and after taking the items ran and then drove away.
Multiple law enforcement agencies throughout the Birmingham metro area have been working together over the past few weeks, comparing evidence and similarities among several robbery cases.
On Tuesday, May 5, Birmingham investigators discovered and shared a crucial piece of video evidence that led to Minter being identified. He is responsible for the two armed robberies that occurred in Mountain Brook and numerous others throughout the area.
Arrests warrants were obtained May 7, and a $375,000 bond has been set.
While multiple agencies assisted Hoover Detectives during this investigation, Birmingham Police detectives and the Birmingham Crime Reduction Team played a vital role in the resolution of this case, Hoover Police Capt. Gregg Rector said.
In addition to the Mountain Brook incidents, on April 7 at 6:30 p.m. a woman was robbed at gunpoint while sitting in her vehicle in the south parking deck at the Riverchase Galleria. The gunman took her wallet, credit cards and iPhone before fleeing in an unknown vehicle.
On April 17 at 8:20 p.m., another woman was exiting her car in the north parking deck of the Riverchase Galleria when she was approached by an unknown male who pointed a handgun and demanded her valuables.
He took her purse, credit cards and iPhone before fleeing in a black Dodge Charger.