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SAPD arrests one of two suspects accused of stealing $300,000 from armored truck

Authorities say they stole about $300,000, but it's unclear if any of that money has been recovered.

SAN ANTONIO — One of two suspects who allegedly made off with about $300,000 after holding up an armored truck at gunpoint last month has been taken into custody, authorities say. 

According to San Antonio Police Department spokesperson Nick Soliz, 21-year-old Lawrence Eric Taylor has been charged with aggravated robbery stemming from the August 25 incident, which happened outside a Chase Bank along FM 78 near Seguin. Soliz said Taylor and the other, still-unidentified suspect disarmed the armored truck security personnel before taking "heavy money bags."

It's unclear at this point, however, if any of that money was recovered. 

Authorities ran a search on the car the suspects took off in, eventually tracing it back to Taylor. When confronted by authorities at his residence, Soliz said, Taylor had a gun in one hand and a baby in the other. 

He was taken into custody without incident. The second suspect remains on the run. 

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