Crime

Armed robber hits Fort Mill store, hauls $235.80 cash in garbage bag, police say

Police in Fort Mill are investigating an armed robbery at a convenience store where the thief took $235.80 away in a garbage bag.
Police in Fort Mill are investigating an armed robbery at a convenience store where the thief took $235.80 away in a garbage bag. From store video

Police in Fort Mill are investigating an armed robbery at a convenience store Thursday in which the thief took the money away in a garbage bag, police said.

In the incident at around 12:30 a.m. at the Sam’s Mart on Tom Hall Street, the clerk told officers a man armed with a gun pointed it at her and demanded money, a Fort Mill Police Department report states. The clerk put $235.80 into a trash bag and the man fled, police said.

No arrests have been made and the robbery remains under investigation.

This story was originally published March 16, 2017 at 5:24 PM with the headline "Armed robber hits Fort Mill store, hauls $235.80 cash in garbage bag, police say."

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