Contact: Lieutenant Clint Simpson
For Release October
13, 2016
On Thursday morning at approximately 1:53am, officers with the Eden
Police Department responded to J-Mart #3 located at 904 Virginia Ave. in
reference to an attempted armed robbery.
Upon arrival, officers spoke with the clerk. The clerk stated she had locked the door to
clean. While cleaning she heard someone
pull on the locked door and looked up and saw two male individuals pulling on
the door, one tall male and one shorter male and observed one of the males
wearing a red and white Halloween mask.
The tall male yelled for her to open the door. At this time the clerk walked down one of the
isles in the store and the tallest suspect pointed a gun at her and fired three
shots into the store. The clerk was not injured during the incident. Investigators were called to the scene to
investigate, while patrol officers canvassed the neighborhood.
At approximately 2:53am, officers received a call to respond to J-Mart
#1 located at 1320 East Stadium Drive in reference to an armed robbery. Eden officers arrived and spoke with the
clerk and found that a black male wearing a black, white and red Halloween mask
entered the store armed with a handgun and demanded money. The suspect fled the scene with an
undisclosed amount money. The clerk was
not injured during this incident.
Anyone
having information concerning either incident is asked call Sergeant David
Lamberth at the Eden Police Department at 336-623-9240 (8:00am-5:00pm); 336-623-9755
(24 hours); or Rockingham County Crimestoppers at 336-349-9683.
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