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Monday, May 13, 2013  Early Monday morning at approximately 2:25 a.m. Amarillo Police Department officers responded to an armed robbery in the 6000 block of Amarillo Boulevard at the Economy Inn Motel.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  UPDATE: The female victim has been identified as 20-year-old Miranda Zimmerman. Premliminary autopsy reports indicate that Miranda died from blunt force trauma to the upper body. Amarillo Police Department is asking anyone with information regarding this crime to contact the Special Crimes Unit at 378-9468.

Monday, December 10, 2012  Two men, according to Amarillo police, attempted to rob a hotel guest Sunday evening.

Friday, October 26, 2012  Amarillo Police arrested six people Thursday night at an Amarillo motel on multiple drug charges.

Friday, October 12, 2012  UPDATE: Man arrested for murder.

Thursday, September 20, 2012  A citizen saved the day and detained the man who police say was driving the pickup stolen in an armed robbery from Wednesday morning.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012  A 23-year-old Lubbock man was robbed at gunpoint in the parking lot of a motel on East Interstate 40 Wednesday morning, police said.

Wednesday, June 06, 2012  Jurors deliberated only 30 minutes to determine the guilt in the Aggravated Robbery trial of Lorenzo Timothy Alonzo. Prosecutors used witnesses, video and audio from security cameras, and the defendants own confession as evidence.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012  An Amarillo motel was robbed and the clerk was tied up early Tuesday morning, police said.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012  The Amarillo Police SWAT officer that was involved in a shooting that resulted in a multiple-hour standoff on Feb. 6 has been cleared.

Monday, February 06, 2012  Three men and one juvenile are now in police custody after police connected them with at least two recent robberies.

Monday, February 06, 2012  Update: Standoff is now over, police said.

Wednesday, January 04, 2012  A man is on the run after police say he attempted to rob the Super 8 Motel in the 2900 block of East Interstate 40.

Friday, September 02, 2011  A 19-year-old man pleaded guilty to three hotel robberies committed back in May.

Monday, May 16, 2011  A 19 year-old Amarillo teenager has been arrested and booked into the Potter County Detention Center for robbing two Amarillo motels and attempting to rob a third.