Police Look For Robber In Cherryville Convenience Store Theft

CHERRYVILLE, N.C.,None — Police are looking for the man who robbed a Cherryville convenience store on Tuesday.

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The Murphy USA on N.C. 150 East had just opened when the robbery happened, Lt. Mike Allred with Cherryville Police told Channel 9's newspaper partner, the Gaston Gazette.

A white man wearing a ball cap and sunglasses approached the counter at about 4:50 a.m. and demanded money from the clerk, police said.

"He indicated to her that he might have had a weapon in his coat pocket," Allred said.

Police said the clerk gave the man some money and he left the store. No one else was in the business at the time, Allred said.

The man is in his early 20s and was wearing blue jeans, a tan work jacket and sneakers, Allred said. He left the area in a white, early 1990s model Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck.

Police ask that anyone with information about the crime call the Cherryville Police Department at 704-435-1717.

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