ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times

DATE: Saturday, February 8, 1997             TAG: 9702100049
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: C-3  EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: DIANE STRUZZI

PLIERS FAIL AS ROBBERY TOOL

A teen-ager wearing a stocking cap tried to rob a Roanoke convenience store Thursday.

Police said the teen-ager walked behind the counter at Sparky's at 322 Boulevard S.W. about 10 p.m. He told the clerk to give him money or be shot, then pulled a pair of needle-nose pliers from his pocket.

The clerk chased the teen-ager from the store. No money was taken.

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