                                ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times

DATE: Saturday, February 1, 1997             TAG: 9702030040
SECTION: CURRENT                  PAGE: NRV-4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG > 
SOURCE: LISA K. GARCIA

2 MEN SOUGHT IN LARCENY

Town police are searching for two men in connection with a grand larceny that occurred at a Blacksburg convenience store Friday afternoon.

At the 7-Eleven store at Draper Road and Roanoke Street, one man distracted the cashier about 4 p.m. while a second man went behind the counter and took a money bag from the safe and an undisclosed amount of cash, said Blacksburg Police Lt. Bruce Bradbery.

The men were still at large Friday about 6 p.m. The preliminary investigation showed the suspects did not use force or a weapon during the theft, which makes the crime a larceny rather than a robbery, Bradbery said.

Earlier this week three men robbed the A&J Quick Stop on Blacksburg's North Main Street. The descriptions of the men involved differ greatly, Bradbery said.

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