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By DAVID BROCK and dbrock@amnews.com | July 8, 2011
HARRODSBURG — A Harrodsburg man suspected of robbing a Marathon station in Mercer County before fleeing to Campbellsville on Wednesday night turned himself in to authorities Thursday. Terrence Lee Walker, 21, is accused of robbing the store on College Street at gunpoint about 10:15 p.m. Wednesday. After less than 24 hours on the run, Walker gave himself up Thursday afternoon at the Mercer County Courthouse. A store employee said Walker entered the store shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday and waited until the manager went outside.
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Sun staff report | September 14, 2011
Police are trying to find a man who robbed another early Monday morning as he was going fishing. At about 5:30 a.m. Monday, police said the suspect flagged down a motorist near the intersection of Broadway and Rowland Avenue. The suspect then got in the car and pulled out a gun. The victim said he didn't have any money, and the suspect hit him in the face. The driver surrendered his wallet and drove the suspect more than a mile down the road before he jumped out of the vehicle and ran. The suspect is a white male, approximately 6-foot-1 and 175 to 200 pounds.
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By BEN KLEPPINGER and bkleppinger@amnews.com | July 3, 2010
Police are searching from a man and woman who allegedly used a knife to hold up a clerk at a Hustonville Road business and stole an undisclosed amount of money. Danville police were dispatched to an armed robbery call at Sleep Outfitters on Hustonville Road at about 8:30 p.m. Friday. According to a press release, a white female with a piercing hole in her right eyebrow entered the store and distracted an employee while a dark-skinned male wearing a gray “Rastafarian type hat/cap” entered the store with a knife and approached the employee from behind.
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By STEPHANIE COLLINS and scollins@amnews.com | January 28, 2013
A Danville robbery suspect was captured Saturday night, when police located him hiding in his residence on Henson Avenue. Marcus Beasley, 20, of Danville, was allegedly involved in a strong-arm robbery with Adrian J. Bates, 21, of Danville, on Friday. Bates was picked up during a traffic stop Friday. The two men were being sought after Joshua D. Willoughby reported they took his wallet and threatened to harm him if he reported the incident. According to Danville police, Willoughby met with the two men Friday afternoon so he could purchase a TV from another individual.
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By ERICH L. RUEHS and eruehs@amnews.com | March 23, 2011
HARRODSBURG — A Harrodsburg man has been arrested in the armed robbery Monday of a check-cashing business. Police had information that Andrew S. Henninger, 25, of 661 Oakland Lane may have robbed the Cash Express on 587 Chestnut Street in Harrodsburg. Harrodsburg police and Mercer County sheriff’s officers arrested Henninger at 10 p.m. Tuesday 414 Bondville Road in Salvisa on a Mercer County warrant. Henninger was later questioned about Monday’s armed robbery in which $1,000 was taken, and he was charged with first-degree robbery and two counts of first-degree wanton endangerment.
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By DAVID BROCK and dbrock@amnews.com | September 8, 2010
WAYNESBURG — Police have arrested five people believed to be involved in a home invasion and robbery in Lincoln County early Tuesday morning. Sheriff Curt Folger said Tracy McMahan, 21, and Gary Griffin, Christopher Leek, Chad Oaks and Kathy Murphy, all 25, were responsible for the crime at the home of Susie McMahan at 595 Shake Rag Road near Waynesburg. Folger said two or three people, clad in dark clothes and ski masks, knocked on Susie McMahan’s door about 1 a.m. and forced their way in when she opened it. The sheriff said Susie McMahan is Tracy McMahan’s stepgrandmother.
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March 3, 2012
A Junction¿City man was arrested Friday for second-degree robbery after allegedly hitting a Walmart security guard who tried to detain him for shoplifting, Danville Police Chief Tony¿Gray said. David A. Price, 32, allegedly tried to steal a Blu-Ray player and was stopped by a Wal Mart security guard, according to Gray. Price allegedly struck the employee and ran away from the scene. Witnesses saw Price enter a white convertible with a black top.¿A Danville police officer saw a vehicle matching that description and stopped it on South Town Drive near Daniel¿Drive.
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By Mike Moore and mmoore@jessaminejournal.com | August 26, 2010
Nicholasville police are investigating an armed robbery at Cash Express, located at 859 N. Main St. The robbery occurred around 3 p.m. Thursday, when a white male entered the business and demanded that all money in Cash Express be given to him, according to an NPD news release. The release said the man then pointed a black semi-automatic pistol at the teller as he made his demands. He was given an undisclosed amount of cash, which he placed in a blue money bag before he exited the business.
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October 20, 2011
CRAB ORCHARD - A man attempting to rob a Crab Orchard store Wednesday morning didn't make it very far. “He was apprehended within five minutes of walking out the door,” Lincoln County Sheriff Curt Folger said. Chad Bennett, 31, walked into D&M Market on Stanford Street about 10 a.m. Wednesday, advised the female clerk he had a gun and demanded cash from the register, Folger said. However, the clerk refused to hand over any money. “I think she was going to whip his butt,” Folger said.