Five suspects in a stolen vehicle were apprehended following an armed robbery at Wings America truck stop near Avoca, Wednesday morning. Tom Bruun, Motor Vehicle Captain with the Iowa Department of Transportation, told KJAN News a broadcast went out at around 8:30-a.m. with regard to the robbery. A man from Alabama who was at the truck stop, was robbed by a person displaying a silver revolver. The robber got away with $70 in cash.

DOT Enforcement Officer Brian Rink saw the suspect vehicle, a 2011 BMW stolen from Polk County, as it was traveling on Interstate 80 near Highway 173. Rink conducted a “High Risk,” felony traffic stop with assistance from Cass County Sheriff Darby McLaren and Atlantic Police Officer Dustin Piekin. Numerous other Atlantic P-D officers, deputies, along with a Dept. of Narcotics Enforcement Officer and an Iowa State Patrol Trooper arrived on the scene after the initial traffic stop, to offer assistance.

Afterward, a warrant was obtained to search the vehicle, during which, the revolver was recovered. Bruun says five subjects, three juveniles and two adults, were arrested. All five were from the Des Moines metro area. Avoca Police arrested the adult connected to the armed robbery, and the juvenile for driving the car. The three  juveniles ages 15, 16 & 17 were cited before being released to their parents.  The DOT’s Motor Vehicle Enforcement Division was handling the case of the stolen vehicle.

No names have been released.