Leesburg Kwikmart Robbed At Gunpoint
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
LEESBURG - Police are looking for a suspect in a Thursday night armed robbery of a Leesburg convenience store.
According to the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department, a white man entered Katie's Kwikmart on South Main Street and pointed a silver handgun at a male employee and ordered him to the floor. The suspect then allegedly told a 17-year-old female employee to put the money from the cash register into a bag and not to "push any buttons," referring to an alarm system.
The cashier, who was mopping the floor when the masked suspect entered the store about five minutes before the 10:30 p.m. closing time, told the man she didn't have any bags and placed the money on the counter.
The man then allegedly ordered the teen-ager to the floor before he grabbed the undisclosed amount of cash and ran from the store. Police believe the man got into a waiting vehicle that was parked on the north side of the store. The vehicle left northbound on Ind. 15 and was last seen turning west onto CR 900N.
A holdup alarm was activated by employees as soon as the suspect left the store. The male employee also ran outside to see where the suspect went. The action also was captured on a security videotape.
No injuries were reported during the incident.
The robbery suspect is described as being about 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighing about 130 pounds. He was wearing baggy clothing, including dark pants, and had black nylon panty hose pulled over his face. He is possibly in his late teens.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to contact the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department at 267-5667 or Crime Stoppers at 800-342-STOP. [[In-content Ad]]
LEESBURG - Police are looking for a suspect in a Thursday night armed robbery of a Leesburg convenience store.
According to the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department, a white man entered Katie's Kwikmart on South Main Street and pointed a silver handgun at a male employee and ordered him to the floor. The suspect then allegedly told a 17-year-old female employee to put the money from the cash register into a bag and not to "push any buttons," referring to an alarm system.
The cashier, who was mopping the floor when the masked suspect entered the store about five minutes before the 10:30 p.m. closing time, told the man she didn't have any bags and placed the money on the counter.
The man then allegedly ordered the teen-ager to the floor before he grabbed the undisclosed amount of cash and ran from the store. Police believe the man got into a waiting vehicle that was parked on the north side of the store. The vehicle left northbound on Ind. 15 and was last seen turning west onto CR 900N.
A holdup alarm was activated by employees as soon as the suspect left the store. The male employee also ran outside to see where the suspect went. The action also was captured on a security videotape.
No injuries were reported during the incident.
The robbery suspect is described as being about 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighing about 130 pounds. He was wearing baggy clothing, including dark pants, and had black nylon panty hose pulled over his face. He is possibly in his late teens.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to contact the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department at 267-5667 or Crime Stoppers at 800-342-STOP. [[In-content Ad]]