Couple Charged in Edgewater Subway Restaurant Robbery

EDGEWATER, MD — A couple who reportedly used a BB gun to rob an Edgewater Subway restaurant have been charged in the holdup, authorities say.

The armed robbery was reported about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Subway located at 11 Lee Airpark Drive. Anne Arundel County Police say a woman entered the fast-food business with a gun, and demanded money. After employees complied, the woman left the store and got into a waiting vehicle driven by a man

Officers responding to the robbery report saw the vehicle northbound on Solomons Island Road, stopped the vehicle and arrested both suspects. During a search of the vehicle, officers found a black Daisy Winchester .177 caliber BB/pellet gun that police believe was used during the robbery.

Both suspects were charged with robbery and armed robbery. They are: Courtney Marie Tippett, 25, of the 45900 block of Clarks Road in California, Maryland, and Kevin Russell Bryant, 25, of the 21800 block of Hancock Road in Lexington Park, Maryland.

»Photos of robbery suspects Courtney Tippett and Kevin Bryant, courtesy of Anne Arundel County Police