ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, December 29, 1993                   TAG: 9312290170
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BASTIAN                                LENGTH: Short

INFORMATION SOUGHT IN BLAND ROBBERY

A man who claimed he had a gun in his pocket held up the Sentry Food Mart in Bland County off Interstate 77 on Tuesday morning.

He told a clerk that he was armed and took about $100 from the store. The holdup occurred at 7:20 a.m.

The man was described as 5 feet 9 inches tall, about 160 pounds and wearing a light green jacket and a white sack over his head. A holdup by a man similarly described happened about an hour later in Princeton, W.Va.

Anyone with information or who might have seen a vehicle near the Sentry Food Mart early Tuesday can call state police at 228-3131 or (800) 542-8716. 


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