09/03/14 — Crime of the Week

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Crime of the Week

By From staff reports
Published in News on September 3, 2014 1:46 PM

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An armed man robs the Lucky 888 Monday.

On Monday at 11:20 p.m., a female employee of the Lucky 888 located at 906 Spence Ave., Suite A, reported a man came to the front door of the business and rang the bell of the business.

The employee allowed the male in and once inside the male pointed a gun at the employee and the customers and forced them into a back room of the business where he told the employee to open the safe and give him the currency from the safe.

The suspect then restrained the employee and the customers in the back room and fled the scene. The suspect is described as a male, wearing a dark colored helmet and black jacket, armed with a pistol.

Anyone with information about these crimes or any other crime in Wayne County is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 919-735-2255 or text at 919-222-4230.

Callers will remain anonymous and if your information leads to a felony arrest you will be given a cash reward for the information. Crime Stoppers gives cash rewards of up to $1,000 for information leading to felony arrests.