Metro string of 7-Eleven robberies nets suspect around $165

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KFOR) - A man was arrested after a string of robberies at 7-Eleven stores around the metro last week.

Court documents connected 23-year-old Tavin Blevins to the alleged crimes.

It reportedly started on October 19th after 5 p.m., when a marijuana dispensary called High Times near Southwest 74th and May had someone come in and take $1,200 worth of products.

Oklahoma City Police took a report that said that Blevins allegedly walked in and went to the counter where the gummies were. He then allegedly pushed past the clerk working there and said he would stab her.

The victim feared that Blevins had a knife and would stab her. He ended up walking out with somewhere around $1,200 worth of prepackaged marijuana flowers from the display behind the counter.

That was just the beginning of Blevin's alleged weekend of crimes.

October 19th, he was alleged to have tried to rob a 7-Eleven near 4400 NW 63rd at about 5:30 p.m. or so. He was said to have entered the business with a black mask over his face and wearing a gray sweatshirt with "Blessed" on it.

In most of the alleged robberies, Blevins would threaten the clerks.

Blevins allegedly acts as if he has a weapon in his pocket and demands money from the clerk. The clerk placed $80 in a bag and handed it over to him; he ran off.

Then, he made his way to a 7-Eleven near 1500 SW 59th, then to one near 1200 SW 29th, where he tried something similar.

He then made his way to the 7-Eleven near NW 23rd and Penn and attempted a similar transaction, allegedly walking out with around $85.

However, the clerk at the NW 23rd one called the police as the suspect ran away.

"When I got off the bus coming from work, I saw the young lady working at 7-Eleven behind the counter chase the dude out the door," said Delvin Jackson. "I asked her what happened, and she said I just got robbed."

Jackson cleaned windows outside that gas station, specifically, and happened to watch the suspect run through a nearby fence.

"He had some sort of car, I think, because he got away quickly," said Jackson. "She wasn't scared, but she said next time, if it happens to her again. Bang, bang, bang," said Jackson.

The night for Blevins didn't stop there, though.

Records state that the clerk from the NW 23rd store decided around 3 a.m. or so to go and warn her fellow employees at other 7-Eleven stores about a serial robber.

She went inside the 7-Eleven near NW 23rd and Macarthur to warn the clerk inside, but when she left, she noticed someone who looked familiar.

The clerk told police that was when she saw the suspected serial robber in the parking lot and headed inside the store.

She then called the police, and Blevin was found at the register, that was where he was arrested.

"The same lady he robbed was the same lady who caught him," said Jackson.

Records allege that the clerk was brought to a lineup where she pointed out Blevin as the suspect.

"If I could, what I would tell him is to get him a squeegee and some Windex and start cleaning some windows. Make your money the honest way like I do," said Jackson.