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Robbery suspect is arrested

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Posted: Thu 4:54 PM, Jan 13, 2011

A man who held up a Letcher County hotel in December is now behind bars.

Police arrested Mark Morton in connection to the Super Eight robbery in Whitesburg.

Morton is charged with robbery and theft by unlawful taking.

Morton is accused of holding a knife to a hotel clerk and demanding cash.

Police say Morton got away with cash from the drawer.


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