On August 13, 2010, at 10:30 pm, an elderly male victim was robbed at gunpoint by a white male who had knocked on the victim’s door stating that he needed help with his overheating vehicle. While the victim assisted the suspect with his car, the suspect produced a handgun and demanded the victim’s money.The victim removed his wallet to look for cash and the suspect grabbed the wallet and fled the scene in his vehicle. Although the 84-year old victim did not suffer any injuries during the robbery, he did fall to the ground when the suspect grabbed his wallet.
The victim was able to provide a description of the suspect as a white male, about 5’7” tall, around 25 years of age with dark hair and a medium build. Patrol Officers with the CMPD Providence Division responded to the scene along with Robbery Unit Detectives to begin the initial investigation.
A Providence Division Officer was given information by the victim that his credit card was used at a Wal-Mart in Indian Trail, NC. Robbery Unit Detectives obtained the video and still shots from the store and were able to identify the suspect as Andrey Gurlov.
The CMPD Violent Criminal Apprehension Team (VCAT) began working the case in an effort to locate Mr. Gurlov. On August 25, 2010, VCAT was deployed to multiple addresses in Matthews, Indian Trail and Charlotte in an effort to locate Mr. Gurlov and take him into custody. VCAT quickly developed intelligence that Mr. Gurlov had fled the Charlotte area for Kansas City, Kansas. VCAT coordinated with the FBI Safe Street Task Force and the suspect was apprehended on Wednesday, August 25, 2010, at 5:30 p.m.
Two Detectives with the Robbery Unit flew to Kansas City and interviewed Mr. Gurlov in the early morning hours of Thursday, August 26, 2010. Robbery Unit Detectives are currently investigating other recent robberies to determine if Mr. Gurlov may be a suspect in any of them. Once the determination has been made, additional charges may be filed against Mr. Gurlov, who has been arrested four times previously in Mecklenburg County.