The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1997, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, January 10, 1997              TAG: 9701100647
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B3   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Briefs 
DATELINE: SUFFOLK                           LENGTH:   17 lines

GUNMAN GRABS PURSE

A woman was robbed at gunpoint Thursday morning as she got out of her car in the parking lot at the Human Resources Building in the 400 block of Market St., across from police headquarters.

About three hours later, Michael L. Butler, 28, of the 300 block of Hill St., Suffolk, was arrested, police said. He was charged with robbery, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, forgery, uttering and attempted grand larceny.

KEYWORDS: ROBBERY


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