Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, March 18, 1991 TAG: 9103180295
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A-4 EDITION: EVENING
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
A spokesman for the Roanoke Police Department said officers were called to the residence shortly after 9:30 p.m. Police said two men forced their way through a door into the house in the 1400 block of Leon Street Northwest.
The woman, in her 60s, told police she was able to free herself and run to a neighbor's house for help. Police said several items were missing from the house.
In other reports by Roanoke area police agencies:
Charles Henry Guthrie, 58, of Southeast Roanoke was cut on the head and hand Sunday when he turned and walked into a slow-moving train despite whistles, flashing lights and a warning gate.
Police said Guthrie and two other men were on the tracks near Third Street and Campbell Avenue Southeast as the train approached at 8-10 mph. Guthrie was in stable condition at Roanoke Memorial Hospital Sunday night.
A gunman approached a couple from Pennsylvania about 8:30 p.m. Sunday as they checked into their room at Motel Six on Thirlane Road in Roanoke County. He shoved them into the room, waved a pistol, grabbed their cash and ran.
A 20-year-old Vinton man was charged Sunday with robbing a Vinton grocery store clerk as she opened her cash register to make a transaction, Roanoke County authorities said today.
Police said the man was in the Food Lion grocery store at East Vinton Plaza about 5 p.m. Sunday when he pushed a cashier away from her register and grabbed money and ran.
A man was stopped shortly afterward by Vinton police officers who spotted a car matching the description of the one the robber fled in.
David Allen Perry of Route 4, Vinton, was charged with robbery and possession of marijuana.
by CNB