ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1995, Roanoke Times
DATE: Sunday, December 24, 1995 TAG: 9512260094
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-5 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: LYNCHBURG
Police are looking for a man who tried to rob a store in Lynchburg.
The man walked into the Campbell Minute Store about 9:50 p.m. Thursday, said Lynchburg Police Cmdr. R.J. Morrison.
The man approached the clerk and said ``This is a stick-up,'' Morrison said. He motioned that he had a gun, but never produced one, Morrison said.
At first, the clerk thought it was a joke and started laughing, said a cashier at the store, who was not on duty at the time.
Several cars drove into the store's parking lot, distracting the would-be robber. A nearby store employee leaped over the counter and started punching the man, police reports said.
The stockperson threw him against the wall and the would-be thief ran out the door, minus his hat, a sock and two bags that he had brought into the store, the cashier said.
- Associated Press
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