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Deputies Search for Robber of East Shelby County Convenience Store

Release Date: August 8, 2006

Sheriff’s Deputies are looking for a man who robbed a convenience store on Dexter last week.  Just after 9:30 on the night of August 2, 2006, a man walked into the B.P. station at the corner of Dexter at Appling Road and pretended to shop for a pack of cigarettes.

He then pointed a pistol at the clerk and demanded money.  She gave the man an undetermined amount of money and he then ran out of the business.  The clerk was not hurt.

Deputies say the man is black and in his 40’s.  He weighs about 250 pounds and at the time of the robbery was wearing a white tee shirt, dark shorts, white socks and dark hiking boots.  He also wore a dark cap and wire-rimmed classes.

Sheriff’s Detectives are talking to Memphis Police investigators to see if he might be responsible for the robberies of other businesses in the Memphis area.

Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to call Sergeant Ray Sides with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office at (901) 545-5600 or Crime Stoppers at (901) 528-CASH (2274).

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