FORNEY, TX – On Tuesday, July 13th, 2021, at around 10:30 pm, Forney Police Officers responded to a parking lot in the 800 block of US HWY 80 for a reported aggravated robbery. Victims told officers they were meeting someone there to sell a puppy and were robbed at gunpoint. The suspect vehicle was reported as being a tan Toyota Camry with paper tags occupied by three individuals. During the transaction, the puppy was taken and when the owner tried to retrieve it, one of the individuals displayed a gun. They left with the puppy and were seen heading west towards Mesquite. The suspects were described as Hispanic males in their late teens or early twenties.
Detectives with the Forney Police Department identified one of the suspects as Pablo Alejandro Perez of Dallas, TX. Warrants were issued and Perez was arrested on a First Degree Felony charge of Aggravated Robbery. Perez received a $200,000.00 bond and was transported to the Kaufman County Jail. This is an ongoing investigation.
The Forney Police Department would like the thank those that responded with information to the Forney Police Department Facebook post and the Dallas Police Department for their assistance in this incident.
If anyone has any additional information about this or any other incident, please contact the Forney Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at 972-564-7607. You can also leave information anonymously at Kaufman County Crime Stoppers at 877-847-7522 or at http://kaufmancountycrimestoppers.org/ and if that information leads to an arrest, a reward could be granted to the caller.
