Man Charged w/Robbing Adult Bookstore at Edgewood Due in Court Today

A New Orleans man is back in Effingham County to face charges of armed robbery for the holdup of the adult bookstore outside Edgewood.

25-year-old Ricky Growe was arrested in late May after allegedly holding up the Adult Times store, allegedly displaying a handgun during the robbery.

Growe has been held in Jefferson County, where he was arrested later that day. He was arrested there for holding up the gas station at Dix, near Mt. Vernon. He allegedly attempted to elude police by exiting off and back onto I-57, eventually being stopped when police used stop sticks to flatten the tires on his vehicle.

Growe was returned to Effingham County on Wednesday. Effingham County Sheriff Dave Mahon said Growe is scheduled to make his initial court appearance on the local charges today.