Friday, November 13, 2009

PG man was linked to other crimes

The Pleasant Grove man who was shot and killed this week while attempting to rob a Bessemer business has been linked to several armed robberies in Hueytown.

Hueytown police chief Chuck Hagler says Kevin Duane Dudley, 41, was the man seen in a survelliance video committing the armed robbery of a Subway sandwich shop on Allison-Bonnett Memorial Drive on Oct. 20.

Dudley is also believed to be have robbed other businesses, apparently to feed a drug habit.

He was also a suspect in the slaying of Devellyn Joe Wilson, 54, who was found dead in a Bessemer motel room on Sept. 10.

The owner of the Bait Shop in Bessemer shot and killed Dudley during an attempted robbery there on Tuesday.

—Tribune staff report

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