On Saturday May 23rd at 3:41pm, APD officers were sent to Pancho Auto Sales at 2610 S Mirror on a disorderly subject armed with a knife. The caller indicated the suspect that was armed with a knife was an H/M 30’s wearing a blue shirt and blue jeans. As officers arrived, they observed an H/M matching the description of the disorderly subject exit a vehicle that was parked in front of the business. The male is identified as Billy Joe David Rodriguez H/M 33 of Amarillo. Rodriguez was detained and placed in a patrol car while officers continued their investigation. According to the victims, Rodriguez’s vehicle was repossessed earlier in the day and returned back to Pancho Auto Sales. Rodriguez showed up at the car lot upset over his vehicle being repossessed. An employee of the Auto Sales car lot talked to Rodriguez and explained the situation of the repossession; however he became very irate and argumentative. At one point Rodriguez retrieved a pocket knife from the repossessed vehicle and began threatening the employee and the employee’s 7 year old child that was at the car lot. The employee and child ran from Rodriguez and locked themselves in another part of the business and called the police. Rodriguez was found to be in possession of a 5” bladed pocket knife. Rodriguez was arrested on a charge of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon and for one outstanding misdemeanor warrant for Assault causing Bodily Injury out of Potter County. Rodriguez was booked into the Potter County Correction Center.
