All Blog Posts Tagged 'Store' (4)

Man Faces 5th Trial in Shooting Deaths at a Mississippi Furniture Store

WINONA, Miss. (AP) -- Curtis Giovanni Flowers will be tried the fifth time on September 22 for the shooting deaths of four people at a Winona furniture store in 1996.

Prosecutors will seek the death penalty.

Flowers is charged in the shooting deaths of shop owner Bertha Tardy and three of her employees.

Flowers has been convicted and sentenced to death in three previous trials involving the case, but each conviction was… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on September 4, 2008 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

Armed Robbers Hold Up Lawrenceville Store Workers

PITTSBURGH -- Police have released surveillance photos from a convenience store robbery in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood.

Two men with guns confronted two employees at the Quick Stop on Liberty Avenue at about 9:50 p.m. Thursday and forced one of the workers to lie on the floor, police said.

One of the men grabbed an employee's keys and took cash from him, police said.

The robbers ran away separately, headed… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 26, 2008 at 12:08pm — 7 Comments

2 Charged In Shooting At St. Petersburg Convenience Store

ST. PETERSBURG - Two men are in custody on charges of trying to kill three people during a robbery at a convenience store Sunday.

Spencer Peeples, 27, of St. Petersburg, and Khadafy Mullens, 25, a transient, are charged with, among other things, armed robbery and three counts of attempted homicide, St. Petersburg police said in a prepared statement.

At 6:35 p.m., the pair were robbing the Central Food Mart, 2157 Central Ave., when… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 19, 2008 at 9:13am — 2 Comments

Charges Filed in Town and Country Store Robbery

KSDK -- An employee of a Town and Country store conspired with an armed robbery suspect to hold up a Linens & Things more than a week ago, police said.

According to Captain Gary Hoelzer, a spokesman for the Town and Country Police Department, the robbery took place on July 28 around 9 p.m., in the 13000 block of Manchester Road. The suspect approached an employee outside the business around closing time and demanded money. He stole an… Continue

Added by USDA2DAY Staff on August 7, 2008 at 9:35pm — 3 Comments