Armed Robber Turns Himself In

He’s alive, but he’s no longer on the run.

Aaron Hutton, an armed robbery suspect in Iola, turned himself in Wednesday morning just before 8 a.m. He’s facing charges in Allen County of Aggravated Robbery, Kidnapping, Theft by Threat and Obstructing apprehension of Prosecution according to a post on the Iola PD’s Facebook page.

Hutton is accused of robbing Advance America, a payday loan store, last Wednesday. Authorities located the stolen car he was driving abandoned near a trail in Humboldt, then tracked him to his bother’s house Tuesday. Police then lost sight of him after he jumped into the Neosho River and feared he didn’t resurface.

The Iola police Department is grateful to numerous agencies for the assistance: