Kenneth Stuart Bartley
Kenneth Bartley, who has been identified as a suspect in a Sunday morning robbery in Anderson County, was located in Vienna, Virginia, on Sunday night, authorities said.
“We are aware his family is saying he has been in Virginia,” Anderson County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Mark Lucas said. “Therefore, our investigators will be traveling there this evening (Sunday evening) to interview Bartley and work with Virginia authorities to determine if Bartley was indeed in Virginia at the time of this morning’s robbery. We will update everyone tomorrow (Monday, June 15) as to the results of the follow-up investigation.”
Bartley, 23, served time for homicide after a school shooting in Campbell County in 2005.
On Sunday afternoon, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department said Bartley was the suspect in an armed robbery near Rocky Top on Sunday morning. The alleged robbery occurred shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday, June 14, at the Marathon Station on Lake City Highway near Rocky Top (the former Lake City).
“The suspect entered the store, brandished a black handgun, and robbed the market of cash,” Lucas said Sunday afternoon. “He was described as a white male with brown to black facial hair wearing glasses, black toboggan, black jacket, and blue jeans. No vehicle was seen leaving the store.”
Investigators identified Bartley, 23, as the suspect, and they obtained a warrant for aggravated robbery, Lucas said.
Bartley was the school shooter in Campbell County a decade ago when a principal and two assistant principals were shot and one died, Lucas said. Bartley was a juvenile at the time, but he served time for homicide as an adult. He has other arrests after being released from prison, Lucas said.
There is also a violation of probation warrant on file in Campbell County.
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More information will be added as it becomes available.
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