St. Petersburg Man Arrested in Titusville for Armed Robbery at Titusville Hotel
By Space Coast Daily // October 23, 2020
Steven Levon Fields, 28, arrested for Armed Robbery
BREVARD COUNTY • TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA – Titusville Police have arrested a local man in connection with an armed robbery that happened to a woman at Quality Inn Hotel, located off Cheney Highway in Titusville on Friday.
The suspect was identified by police as 28-year-old Steven Levon Fields, a convicted felon from St. Petersburg, Florida, who was charged with Robbery with a Firearm, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance and Theft.
Police say the investigation began on Friday, October 23, around 3:30 a.m., when officers responded to a report of an armed robbery at the Quality Inn Hotel located at 3655 Cheney Highway.
The preliminary investigation revealed the suspect approached the woman in a hotel room and demanded money at gunpoint.
The woman complied with Fields’ demands, fled the area, but was not injured.
Couple hours later, at around 5:30 a.m., officers located the suspect as he was exiting the hotel room.
He was then positively identified and taken into custody by police without incident.
A search of the suspect revealed he was in possession of narcotics, a firearm and the alleged stolen money.
Fields was booked into the Brevard County Jail without bond.
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