A Madison County man has been arrested in connection with a weekend armed robbery at an Athens motel, where the victim reportedly was tied up.
Richard Frederick Owenby, 26, was charged with armed robbery, aggravated assault and false imprisonment.
The 38-year-old victim reported he went Saturday to a room at Days Inn on North Finley Street to see a woman when he was confronted by a man who brandished a semiautomatic handgun.