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Police, Deputies Quickly Capture Robbery Suspect

Posted at 2:07 PM, Sep 13, 2018
and last updated 2018-09-13 14:07:23-04

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (LEX 18) – Georgetown Police and Scott County Sheriff’s Deputies quickly captured a robbery suspect minutes after they say he robbed the Cash Express on Paris Pike.

Police say Jesse Franklin brandished a gun in the check cashing store and then ran away. He didn’t make it very far.

Franklin was captured a quarter mile away on Bourbon Street.  He was taken into custody. He’ll be booked into the Scott County Detention Center.