BY MARY JANE FARMER

HERALD DEMOCRAT

The lone suspect in Thursday night's armed robbery of a Sherman convenience store is in Grayson County Jail, after being arrested Friday by Sherman Police.

Michael Clark Nealon, 23, of Whitesboro is facing felony charges of aggravated robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, with bail set at a total of $150,000. Since being jailed, authorities have served two new warrants charging him with motion to revoke probation on previous convictions of robbery and unauthorized use of vehicle. There is no bond allowed on those two counts.

Sherman Police Sgt. Bruce Dawsey said late Thursday night that a lone man entered a convenience store on south Travis. He wore a gray ski mask and carried a handgun, which he used to persuade the clerk to hand over cash from the register drawer. The robber then ran north on Crockett, where patrol officers searched for him for hours, unsuccessfully.

Sherman police Detective James Harris led the resulting investigation, which led to Nealon's arrest mid-afternoon Friday.

Grayson County court records show that Nealon was on probation after pleading guilty earlier this year to an armed robbery at another Sherman convenience store, the Lone Star store on Sunset. He also pleaded guilty to a state-jail felony Unauthorized Use of Motor Vehicle charge.

Court documents on the robbery conviction, filed by Sherman police Officer Riley Day, state that Nealon entered the store on April 28, pointed a handgun at the clerk, and demanded money from the cash register. After getting the cash, he was seen running west from the store.

Harris was the lead detective in that incident, as well. The court papers state that Nealon was wearing a black and white cap, a dark-colored bandana over his face, and a red sweatshirt.