ROANOKE TIMES

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

DATE: THURSDAY, June 17, 1993                   TAG: 9306170199
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-14   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: New River Valley bureau
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                LENGTH: Short


BLACKBSURG ARMED ROBBERY UNDER INVESTIGATION

Town police are investigating an armed robbery reported Tuesday night by a clerk at a North Main Street convenience store.

The clerk at A&J Quick Shop told police that a man wearing a ski mask man entered the store at about 10:40 p.m. Tuesday, pulled out a blued revolver and demanded money.

According to a news release, the robber fled on foot with an undetermined amount of cash. The clerk described the man as about 5-foot-8, in his early 20s, wearing blue jeans and a dark sweat shirt.



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