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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 13, 1991                   TAG: 9103130558
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-4   EDITION: EVENING 
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MAN WITH KNIFE ROBS MOTEL IN CITY

Roanoke police are investigating the armed robbery of a Melrose Avenue motel.

Police said today that a man entered the Starlite Motel in the 4400 block of Melrose Avenue Northwest about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday and asked for a room.

He then pulled a knife, placed it to the clerk's chest and demanded money, police said. The clerk was cut in the hand during a brief struggle, but apparently was not seriously injured.

The robber then forced the clerk into a back room and fled with an undetermined amount of money, police said.

by CNB