{"id":231574,"date":"2026-04-14T18:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/231574\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T18:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T18:16:10","slug":"one-arrested-second-suspect-wanted-after-armed-robbery-at-jacksonville-murphy-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/231574\/","title":{"rendered":"One arrested, second suspect wanted after armed robbery at Jacksonville Murphy Express"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One man has been arrested and another is still being sought following an armed robbery at a convenience store in Jacksonville, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The Jacksonville Police Department said officers responded April 12 around 4:36 p.m. to the Murphy Express on North Marine Boulevard for a reported armed robbery.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police seek second suspect after Jacksonville Murphy Express armed robbery arrest\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/83fbad2a-a00a-45f9-b8b1-adea0ba304fe-murphyusa.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Police seek second suspect after Jacksonville Murphy Express armed robbery arrest<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said two suspects entered the store, displayed a gun and stole items before leaving the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Through the investigation, officers identified the suspects as Marlon Veney Jr., 32, of Jacksonville, and Shiran Mattocks, 21.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said Veney was located on April 14 at a residence on Solomon Drive and taken into custody with assistance from the SBI\u2019s Criminal Apprehension Team and the Onslow County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Veney is charged with:<\/p>\n<p>Robbery with a dangerous weaponFelony conspiracyPossession of a firearm by a convicted felon<\/p>\n<p>He is being held at the Onslow County Jail without bond.<\/p>\n<p>Police said Mattocks remains at large and is wanted on charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon and felony conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police seek second suspect after Jacksonville Murphy Express armed robbery arrest\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/4bc407c9-94c3-4dff-a4bf-e61829325188-shiranmug.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Police seek second suspect after Jacksonville Murphy Express armed robbery arrest<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Jacksonville Police Department or Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One man has been arrested and another is still being sought following an armed robbery at a convenience&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-231574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}