Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, March 25, 1995 TAG: 9503270045
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: KATHY LOAN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG LENGTH: Medium
No one was injured Thursday night when a man walked into the pizza shop at 905 North Main St. at 9:13 p.m. and flashed a small handgun, police said.
The man told an employee to open the cash drawer and hand him the money. The man then pocketed the gun and an undisclosed amount of cash and left, police said. He was last seen walking northwest toward Montgomery Court.
The man is described as being in his mid- to late 30s, 5 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 10 inches tall, 160 to 170 pounds, with brown, curly, shoulder-length hair and a mustache. He was wearing a plain black cap, a black leather jacket, stone-washed jeans and dark shoes.
A dog belonging to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office tracked a scent to a nearby parking lot, then lost it, said Capt. Walter Mosby.
No arrests have been made in any of the Blacksburg cases.
Meanwhile, it appears the robbers are getting bolder.
"They know we're busy," Mosby said. "When the call went out, there was [an officer] that was within 900 yards of the place."
Lt. B.E. Bradbery said the police are "aggressively investigating the four robberies that have occurred since January."
A Jan. 23 hold-up at Domino's started the recent spate of armed robberies. Police say that while there are some similarities between the two Domino's robberies, they have not determined if the robberies are related.
The Revco drug store in Blacksburg Square was robbed after closing on Feb. 13. The TCBY store on North Main Street was robbed on Feb. 15.
Anyone with information may call 961-1150. Anonymous information is taken 24 hours a day at 961-1819, the Police Department's tip line.
"We've been getting tips all along," Mosby said. "It's helping us eliminate people. We haven't gotten anything to really help, but we don't object to that either."
by CNB