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Deputies: Newburgh robber arrested

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NEWBURGH, IN (WFIE) - There has been an arrest in the attempted robbery of a Newburgh gas station.

Warrick County authorities say 33-year-old Ernest Smith of Chandler admitted he tried to hold up the Swifty station over the weekend.

Investigators say surveillance photos shown yesterday on the news led them to Smith.

Smith was arrested in 2007 and charged with robbing the Knob Hill Tavern in Newburgh and buying three grams of cocaine in Evansville.

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