KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – The Knoxville Police Department has now arrested two people in connection with multiple robberies that happened over the weekend.

KPD’s Scott Erland said Brandon Donathan, 25, and Sarai Standridge, 24, both of Knoxville, are each charged with attempted aggravated robbery.

Sunday morning, the University of Tennessee Police Department sent out an emergency alert reporting a robbery that occurred at 11th Street and Cumberland Avenue.

According to UT Police, the suspect in that case was last seen running toward Neyland Drive via the 3rd Creek Greenway. The suspect was armed with a handgun, police said, and was described as either a white male or a Hispanic male wearing a ski mask and a black hoodie.

KPD’s Scott Erland said officers responded to the area of ​​Luscombe Drive and Pocanno Road Sunday afternoon. Officers received information that a man dressed all in black attempted to rob a resident at gunpoint. Erland said the suspect fled the scene and got into a white sedan.

Police said a witness was able to obtain video of the suspect and the white sedan and also saw the suspect discharge a firearm into nearby bushes.

A short time later, officers saw the suspect vehicle traveling westbound on Luscombe Drive. Officers stopped the vehicle and detained both people in the car, identified as Donathan and Standridge, KPD said.

Donathan and Standridge were both transported to the Knoxville Public Safety Complex for questioning. Detectives were able to connect Donathan and Standridge to three robbery incidents that occurred near the UT campus and two other attempted robberies that had not been reported to KPD as of Sunday afternoon, Erland said.

KPD said a male victim reported that a man, since identified as Donathan, attempted to rob him at gunpoint in the area of ​​Clinch Avenue and 22nd Street around 1:10 a.m. A female victim also reported that a man, also identified as Donathan, attempted to rob her at gunpoint in the area of ​​Clinch Avenue and 17th Street around 1:30 a.m.

Erland said Donathan and Standridge were charged with attempted aggravated robbery for the incident on Luscombe Road. Donathan was also charged with several additional counts of robbery or attempted robbery in addition to possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony. Additional charges are expected on Standridge.

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