Charges filed in Hampton Inn robbery
Robbery charges were filed Thursday against two men suspected in Wednesday’s hold-up of the Hampton Inn in Lawrence.
Gwyndell B. DeClerck, 33, Kansas City, Mo., was charged with aggravated robbery and obstruction of justice for resisting arrest.
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Andrew L. Fluker, 35, Topeka, was charged with aiding and abetting aggravated robbery, fleeing and attempting to elude police and driving with a suspended license.
During a hearing today in Douglas County District Court, Judge Robert Fairchild set bond for both suspects at $250,000.
Police arrested two men Wednesday afternoon shortly after the hotel at 2300 W. Sixth St. was robbed at gunpoint.
Police chased a car the suspects were in to a cul de sac in the 3800 block of Pinnacle Circle. Fluker was arrested at that location after police rammed the suspects’ car. DeClerck allegedly ran west about a block and was caught by police in the Hy-Vee grocery store parking lot, 4000 W. Sixth St.
Law enforcement investigators also trying to determine if the suspects may be connected to the late April and early May armed robberies at two Baldwin businesses.
“We think its a good possibility and we’re looking at it,” Baldwin Police Sgt. Colleen Larson said.






