TEMPLE (July 9, 2009)—Arthur Wilson, 62, and Heather Silva, 25, both of Temple, were in the Bell County Jail Thursday in connection with the robbery of a man who had just cashed a check at a convenience store.

Police credit their arrests to an alert witness to got the license number of the truck in which the two drove off after the holdup.

The victim told police two people gave him a ride to the Quick Pick store at 619 S. 1st Street in Temple where he cashed the check Wednesday evening.

But he said as he returned to their vehicle, the two took the money and sped off in their pickup truck.

The witness to the robbery provided officers with a description of the vehicle as well as the license plate number, police said.

Officers traced the vehicle to a residence in the 1100 block of South 3rd Street, where they found the truck, the suspects and the cash, police said.

The victim, whose name was not released, was not seriously injured, police said.

The Bell County District Attorney’s Office was reviewing the case Thursday.