Man accused of robbing father and daughter outside Tokyo Grill, charged in two similar crimes

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man accused of robbing a father and daughter outside Tokyo Grill was arrested for a similar crime in Bartlett on the same day, police say.

Enrii Howell, 30, was arrested Monday and charged with aggravated robbery and being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun.

Police said Howell and another man surrounded and robbed the victims at gunpoint on July 14 while they were closing the restaurant on Kirby Road in Southeast Memphis.

Investigators released surveillance video of the robbery suspects that appeared to show them fumbling with their guns before the alleged robbery. They were seen leaving in a maroon Jeep Cherokee with a missing front grill.

Bartlett police contacted MPD and told them they recognized Howell and the maroon Jeep from a robbery arrest they made on July 14.

Bartlett investigators said Howell admitted that he and another man named “Lil C” were responsible for robbing the father and daughter at Tokyo Grill in Memphis.

Howell is also accused of robbing and punching a woman outside Great China Food Market on June 9. Police said the victim was putting some items into her car when Howell grabbed her purse off the passenger seat.

The victim said Howell jumped into a maroon Jeep and punched her in the face when she grabbed the steering wheel to prevent him from leaving with her purse and $3,500.

Court records show Howell was out of jail on a $50,000 bond when he allegedly committed the other robberies.

Howell was convicted of aggravated robbery in Shelby County in 2016.

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