Two suspects arrested in Pickens Dollar General armed robbery

The Pickens Police Department said two men are in custody for allegedly robbing a Dollar General on Highway 51. Chief Joe Davis said the armed robbery happened around 8:20 a.m. Monday. Davis said two men dressed in black and armed with AR-style weapons robbed the store at gunpoint before running into a wooded area behind the store. Davis said his department requested assistance from several agencies and was able to locate two suspects: Marshall Howard and Ivyon Anderson. Davis said Howard and Anderson were found hours after the armed robbery by Yazoo County K9 Drago. Authorities said Drago alerted law enforcement to the men's whereabouts in a wooded area near Gas Plant Road. Authorities said both suspects were still armed and were also in possession of a large amount of cash. One of the guns confiscated was modified and contained a switch that made it fully automatic, according to Davis. Davis said the men were arrested with the assistance of the Holmes County Sheriff's Office, Madison County Sheriff's Office, Attala County Sheriff's Office and the Yazoo City Police Department .