Keonete Clay

Athens police have arrested a second man in connection with a Dec. 2 robbery in the parking lot of McDonald’s restaurant off U.S. 72 East, an official said.

Investigators Jonathan Caldwell and Kelly Fussell on Thursday afternoon arrested Keonete Latraye Clay, 18, of 2231 Euclid N.W., Huntsville, on a charge of first-degree robbery, records show. Investigators found Clay at his home.

Clay was booked at the Police Department and transferred to the Limestone County Jail, where bail is set at $20,000.

Clay’s roommate, Tyrone Kim Edwards Jr., 19, was arrested Wednesday on the same charge.

The robbery

The victim told police he had arranged to buy an iPhone 6 for $250 and had agreed to meet the seller at the McDonald’s parking lot on U.S. 72 East on Dec. 2 to make the transaction. A man and woman arrived at the lot. When the victim exited his vehicle, the man struck him in the head with a pistol and stole the money, he told police. The man and woman then fled to a 2010 silver Kia Optima parked at Taco Bell and escaped with another man driving the car, police have said.