Two reportedly unrelated armed robberies occurred last Saturday in Charlottesville. According to both Albemarle and Charlottesville police, no arrests have been made as of yesterday afternoon but the investigations are ongoing.
In the first incident, the Charlottesville Police Department received a call at 7:24 a.m. Saturday reporting an armed robbery of an undisclosed amount at the Red Roof Inn at the intersection of 13th and W. Main Streets.
According to Charlottesville Sergeant David Jones, no one was injured.The suspect came in and demanded money and escaped on foot, according to the hotel clerk who was held at gunpoint.
The hotel clerk gave a described the suspect to the police as a black male, about 5-foot-8, with slight facial hair on his chin. The hotel clerk added that the suspect may have had braided hair but his head was wrapped in a white towel during the alleged robbery. The robber also used a white towel to wrap around his hand purportedly to disguise the handgun he brandished. At the time of the incident, the suspect was reportedly wearing multiple layers of shirts with a plaid shirt on the outside. He was last seen by the clerk running eastward on West Main Street, according to the WINA Web site.
The second alleged armed robbery occurred around 8 p.m. Saturday night at the Mexican grocery store at the Village Green Shopping Center, near the intersection of Commonwealth Drive and Hydraulic Road.
A store clerk told the Albemarle police that two Hispanic males took several thousand dollars.
According to Albemarle Lieutenant Earl Newton, the clerk also told police that the alleged robbers were about 20-25 years old and about 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-8.
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