UPDATE @ 4:25 p.m. (Feb. 20)
Police in Dayton are investigating two store robberies that may be linked to one man with a gun.
Officers responded Friday morning to the Circle K, 1918 E. Fifth St., where an employee reported a man showed a gun when he demanded money out of the register, according to the Dayton police report.
About three hours later, officers responded to a reported robbery at the Walgreens, 1542 Wayne Ave., according to a separate Dayton police report.
In both instances, the robber was described as a white male who went to an aisle and got merchandise before approaching the counter, according to the reports.
Police said at Circle K, the robber grabbed a bag of Grippo’s and at Walgreens he grabbed two Monster drinks.
In each instance, the robber lifted his shirt and revealed a handgun in his waistline to the clerk, according to the reports.
The clerk at Walgreens was shaking and crying when she was interviewed by police. She reported the robber threatened to kill her if she panicked, and told her someone was watching everything she was doing, according to the report.
The robber got away with $367 at Walgreens and $66, plus Newport cigarettes, at the Circle K, according to the reports.
UPDATE @ 12:06 p.m. (Feb. 19):
Police suspect the same man is responsible for robberies at six businesses in the Dayton and Kettering area within the last 24 hours, according to initial reports.
The robberies were reported at the following locations:
- Rite Aid on East Third Street Thursday night
- Rite Aid on Linden Avenue Thursday night
- Circle K on Watervliet Avenue Thursday night
- Circle K on East Fifth Street Friday morning
- CVS Pharmacy on E. Dorothy Lane Friday morning
- Walgreens on Wayne Avenue Friday morning
INITIAL REPORT:
Police are responding to the Circle K location on East Fifth Street this morning on a reported robbery.
The robbery was reported in the 1900 block on East Fifth around 8:10 a.m.
Initial dispatch reports indicated the suspect may have been a man approximately 5-foot-8 and 170 pounds, wearing a blue toboggan, white hoodie, black gloves and may have been armed with a small black handgun.
This robbery is the fourth reported at businesses on the city's east side since last night, when two Rite Aid stores and another Circle K were robbed.
Police said they believe the same man is responsible for all four robberies.
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