Oct 23, 2022

Police K9 found Kan. armed robbery suspect hiding in garage rafters

Posted Oct 23, 2022 1:00 AM
Rest-Isaac-photo Sedgwick Co.
Rest-Isaac-photo Sedgwick Co.

SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating an armed robbery and have made an arrest.

Just after 6pm Monday, police responded to an armed robbery in the 1900 block of South Hydraulic in Wichita, according to a media release.

Officers learned that 31-year-old Joseph Rest-Isaac just robbed the DD Smoke Shop at gunpoint demanding money, watches, cigarettes and fled on foot.

Nash-photo Wichita Police
Nash-photo Wichita Police

During follow up WPD Officer Dustin Nail and K9 Nash went to the last known location of Rest-Isaac and began searching.

They located him a short time later in the 1800 block of South Ellis where he was hiding in the rafters of a garage with a small caliber handgun and methamphetamines in his possession.

He was taken into custody and booked on requested charges of Aggravated Robbery w/dangerous weapon, Criminal possession of a weapon by a felon, and possession of opiates.