North Vernon police looking for armed robbery suspect

Travis J. Groce. Photo courtesy of Jackson County Sheriff’s Department.

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A North Vernon man is under arrest, accused of an armed robbery yesterday morning where a victim was held at gunpoint.

Authorities say that 35-year-old Travis J. Groce was booked into the Jennings County Jail at about 10:30 last night. Police in Jennings and Jackson counties had been looking for Groce after yesterday morning’s incident.

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department says that Groce allegedly held a gun to to the back of a man’s head yesterday morning, took the victim’s wallet and then fled. Local police were searching for Groce after the incident.

The jail staff reports that Groce was arrested by Indiana State Police last night on a parole violation and on preliminary charges of possession of methamphetamine, auto theft and resisting law enforcement.