AUSTIN, Texas - The Austin Police Department Tuesday announced a suspect has been taken into custody in connection to a series of robberies that took place on the east side of the city from Sept. 25 to Oct. 16.

That suspect has been identified as 39-year-old Carlton Lewis.

Police earlier reported the man responsible for the crimes displayed a handgun in five of the seven robberies. The locations and times of the robberies are as follows:

• Monday, Sept. 25 – 5:57 p.m. – Fighting Orange, 3807 N I-35/NB Svrd
• Thursday, Oct. 5 - 1:26 p.m. – Fighting Orange, 3807 N I-35/NB Svrd
• Saturday, Oct. 7 – 6:15 p.m. – MLK Food Store, 2915 E. MLK
• Friday, Oct. 13 – 11:31 a.m. – Monarch Food Store, 1402 E. 38^{th 1/2} St.
• Friday, Oct. 13 – 4:15 p.m. – East 1^st Grocery Store, 1811 E. Cesar Chavez
• Monday, Oct. 16 – 7:38 p.m. – East 1^st Grocery Store, 1811 E. Cesar Chavez
• Monday, Oct. 16 – 8:23 p.m. – Fighting Orange, 3807 N I-35/NB Svrd

Police on Tuesday said officers located Lewis through a DNA match. He apparently left a cigar at one of the robbery scenes. 

Lewis told police he used a BB gun during the robberies and expressed remorse for them, stating that his family needed money for medical bills. 

Lewis faces charges including robbery, aggravated robbery and parole violatoin.