Cops nab suspect in 2014 Rock Hill armed robbery

Authorities have arrested a man in connection with a 2014 armed robbery at a Cherry Road convenience store, according to Rock Hill police.

Alexis Carlos Ridriguez, 30, of Lancaster, was charged with armed robbery, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and two counts of kidnapping, according to jail records. He was placed in the Rock Hill city jail, where a judge denied bond.

Rodriguez was arrested in Fort Mill on Thursday by Rock Hill detectives and York County deputies.

He is accused in the armed robbery of the 7-Eleven on the 1600 block of Cherry Road on Dec. 4, 2014, according to a police report. A clerk and customer inside the store at the time told officers a man wearing a gray athletic suit with a hood over his head and a black bandana over his face entered the store.

The suspect had a silver revolver and demanded money from the cash register, police said. He then instructed the clerk to open the safe, but the clerk said he didn’t have access to it.

The suspect fled on foot with about $35 cash, police said.

This story was originally published July 29, 2016 at 11:15 AM with the headline "Cops nab suspect in 2014 Rock Hill armed robbery."