An Odessa man was arrested Wednesday night in connection with the robbery of a 19-year-old.

According to an Odessa Police Department report, dispatchers received a call around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday about a man in a blue shirt and blue jeans threatening to assault the owner of a yellow backpack if the owner didn’t turn it over.

An officer spotted a man near the incident wearing clothes matching the description given carrying a yellow backpack and detained him at University and Andrews Highway, the report stated.

The man was identified as Buddy Ford Jr., 38, and the alleged victim confirmed he was the man who threatened him, the report stated.

Ford was booked into the Ector County jail on suspicion of robbery and possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine). He was also booked on

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