Police say Pruett and Soucy stole $800 after holding the cashier at gunpoint. The two were arrested late Friday night along with another man riding in a car. The sheriff says Mario Powell was arrested on an unrelated drug charges but was not involved with the robbery.
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Edited news release from Sheriff J.B. King:

On July 2, 2009, at approximately 4:05 a.m., the Pulaski County 911 Center notified the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department that an alarm had been activated at the Lions Den Adult business establishment located at 25965 Missouri 17 in Waynesville. Upon arrival at the scene the responding deputies were advised by the clerk on duty that she had just been robbed at gunpoint.

According to the clerk a tall man entered the store and pointed a gun at her and announced the robbery. A woman then entered the store and assisted the man by searching for money in the cash register and searching around the counter area looking for additional money.

After a period of several minutes the robbers left with the cashbox. Approximately $800 was taken in the robbery.

The investigation of this incident began at once and with the help of Waynesville police, St. Robert police, and Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers, a number of persons of interest were located and questioned. The investigation led to a number of people and crossed over into another active investigation that was being conducted by the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department.

During a visit to a home of a person of interest for the robbery investigation, deputies recovered a stolen pit bull puppy. The puppy was one of five that had been stolen a few days before the robbery. The sheriff’s department had previously recovered three of the puppies. The investigation of the puppy theft is still ongoing but charges are likely.

As a result of a determined 24-hour investigation, several members of the sheriff’s department and two troopers were in the area of the Missouri 28 overpass on July 3, 2009 looking for a suspect vehicle. Shortly before 10 p.m., the vehicle was located driving west on I-44. The vehicle was followed by a trooper while the rest of the deputies in the area moved to intercept the car.

At approximately 10:04 p.m. as the suspect vehicle attempted to turn off Tapestry Lane into a private driveway the officers made a felony stop on the vehicle. One passenger in the vehicle was wanted for the robbery charge. A second passenger in the vehicle was found to be in possession of a felony amount of marihuana. The driver of the vehicle and a third passenger were determined not to be involved and were later released.