5 Suspects indicted following armed robbery

Waco, TX – On October 26, 2023, five suspects were indicted following an armed robbery at a jewelry store in Waco, TX.

A grand jury in McLennan County indicted 42-year-old John Rainwater, with an enhanced aggravated robbery charge, for robbery at a jewelry store on June 17, 2023. In that robbery, Rainwater is being accused of having pointed a gun at employees, and bound them with zip-ties, before proceeding to rob the store. Rainwater is facing life in prison.

Click here to learn more about how Rainwater and his accomplices were implicated in the crime. Watch the vide below for one of the early news reports about this robbery.

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