Robbers Hold Up Ark City Store, Police Release New Information

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A group of three men robbed a the Country Mart just before 8:45 Sunday night in Arkansas City.

According to police, just prior to the 911 call, three male subjects, one light skinned and two dark skinned, entered the store brandishing handguns. All three were dressed in dark clothing and were concealing their identities by covering their faces with some form of headgear.

One of the suspects entered the customer service booth and removed an undetermined amount of cash. The store was open at the time of the robbery, but no one was hurt.

The suspects then left the store by running north then east around the store to a parked car on A Street. A fourth accomplice may have been driving the get-away-car.

The suspects then sped north on A Street in what has been described by witnesses as a dark or silver colored car.

Other witnesses report seeing the vehicle speeding through the residential areas between A Street east o Maple Park Road and from Maple Street north to Poplar Avenue.

Witnesses also reported seeing various items of clothing being thrown from the car as it fled. Officers have located several of these items and collected them as evidence.

Photos of the suspects may be seen below.

Anyone with information concerning this case in encouraged to call their local law enforcement agency. Callers can contact Cowley County Crime Stoppers at 620-442-7777 or visit the Cowley County Crime Stoppers web page and by leaving an anonymous tip could be eligible for a reward of up to $1000.

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Posted by: i hate pigs Location: ur moms house on Nov 6, 2008 at 10:38 AM
u pigs are just trying to frame the guy thats giving it to ur mom

Posted by: chris Location: arkansas city on Oct 17, 2008 at 05:02 PM
anonymous in wichita the police there are no better then arkcity i happen to know a few cops here in ark city and i know a lot in wichita they all have a lot to deal with with little crimes to the big ones a couple of my freinds were those who got shot at and a friend was shot in wichita if you thank you could do better than go get a degree and get certified and try it

Posted by: anonymous Location: wichita on Oct 17, 2008 at 03:04 PM
I think that crime took way too long to be solved. I feel that the ACPD focus to much on the little crimes and when it comes to BIG crimes, they fiddle fart around. Leave it up to the Ark City Police Department and all of their winner cops. God help us.

Posted by: Annonymous Location: Arkcity on Sep 24, 2008 at 11:55 AM
It amazes me how so many can judge the Officers on duty, doing their best to protect the citizens and never once give notice to the criminals actually committing these atrocious crimes. I for one have stood up to the prosecuters and criminals and I have just one voice. If others would just stand up to the convicts and tell them we aren't going to take all this criminal acts being done in our small towns it would save a lot of aggravation. And for those of you who have knowledge of the crimes and still don't say anything, shame on you. You are just as bad as those that commit the crimes.

Posted by: chris Location: arkansas city on Sep 23, 2008 at 03:51 PM
my dad was a cop for thirty years and anyone of you that wants to step in a cops shoes go ahead ive seen the bad stuff they do and been around it my whole life its not fun put your life on the line for 10.00 to 15.00 a hour seems almost not worth it and as far as them not doing there job the theifs ought to go get a job instead of robbing people maybe that would be a good idea and parents watch there kids and if there bad give them a good old fasion butt spanking like we all had back in the day

Posted by: cliff Location: wichita on Sep 23, 2008 at 12:14 PM
real grainy pictures, almost no resolution, is that the best they have?

Posted by: angel Location: ark city on Sep 23, 2008 at 12:04 PM
man i tell you what ark city use to be a nice little town to grow up in. but in the last two years it has gotten so bad. what is this world coming to. it is scary. you go to the bank it gets robbed. you go to the grocery store it gets robbed. you go to the gas station(jiffy trip) it gets robbed. you are not safe anywere you. i'm almost scared to leave my own house anymore. we need to do something about this. the world is getten to bad to live in. but i just pray and hope my god will protect me. i trust in JESUS.

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 23, 2008 at 11:14 AM
nice camera phone being used as a security camera

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 23, 2008 at 09:29 AM
Hmmm.... Let's see. The suspects covered their faces, wore gloves, and parked around the corner. Not to mention the crystal clear video footage! Yes, shame on those lazy police officers for not catching the bad guys in 24 hours! How about this, you critics that think you can do a better job, why don't you take a pay cut to put your life in danger trying to protect disrespectful, unappreciative citizens and join the police force! Perhaps you should criticize the idiots who robbed a store at gunpoint for what - a few hundred dollars? Split 4 ways - hardly seems worth the armed robbery charge when they eventually get caught.

Posted by: bj Location: ac on Sep 23, 2008 at 09:18 AM
In answer to Mexicans question on what next, well it would seem if the acpd would stay out of Jump Start and hanging in car windows talking too women and get YOUR mind on the business at hand like taking care of the BIG drug problem in this town would help alot.Of course the court system is going to have to put their butts in jail instead of slapping them on the hands. Oh and where are we at on the 5 bussinesses that were broke into at wee hours of the morning. I would just like to know how that went down with not ONE ACPD around! I mean that was from one end of town to the other. Maybe we should call in for some help from the outside!

Posted by: mr ed the talking horse Location: ark city on Sep 23, 2008 at 09:11 AM
GEE WILBUR thats him I recognize that guy yep thats him for sure. Those are some great photos they just has well posted photos of there k-9 dogs

Posted by: James Location: w on Sep 22, 2008 at 09:11 PM
Since there were four of them Barney Fife would have been three bullets short in Action city; they couldn't catch a social disease in a house of ill repute

Posted by: Anonymous on Sep 22, 2008 at 06:56 PM
I swear--Ark City has more crime than any small town I've ever seen! I wouldn't feel safe living in Ark City. I have family there, and it just amazes me how much goes on there.

Posted by: Mexican on Sep 22, 2008 at 12:24 PM
And what arrests have the ACPD made???? Any leads???? Hell No our police department is the worst one ever!!!!!!!! Bank robber gets away and now country mart robbers get away WHATS NEXT?!?!?!?!

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Posted By: carroll: alan- ur right. dun is dun. i'm glad i'm on the west side of oliver-- best place to be right now. i'm still on 3 day weeks as a result of the strike. i'm really cramped right now, but i support the east siders 100%! i'm not clear on what current bail outs has to do with 800 being laid off or what McCain has to do with contracts that expire. now i will agree that there are boobs in management. it's that way EVERYWHERE! it's called- promote the incompetent. so they don't hose up everything on the floor. where the real work and productivity happens. a thousand managers have no job with out 10,000 to manage. i've been a manager. everyone loves to blame management for all their woes-- it's cheap and easy. not all decisions are bad even if we don't like them. not all are wise, and proven so in the long run. i've got to work. I will decide what MY approach to today will be. life sux. get over it. get on with it. it'll get better.
Posted By: Alan: Jack, I must have hit a nerve? Most managers at Boeing and Spirit are incompetent fools that could not lead a fish to swim in water. It is because of these manager/CEO morons, that these companies, banks or whatever, are in the mess they are in.
Posted By: Alan: - Contrary to what some believe, the cut backs on the military programs at Boeing, have nothing to do with Spirit. Boeing is laying off because the contracts are FINISHED, COMPLETE, DONE. Has NOTHING to do with the strike. - And to Anonymous, if Boeing "commercial" cuts back, of course it will affect Spirit, what are you thinking, or are you? - When Boeing came out in the NEWS, and said they were thinking of dropping out of the bidding process, that pretty much summed it up for me. - Yes N, they are there comments, but they are based on nothing but ignorance, none of it is based on fact.
Posted By: jack: 1. I was against the first bailout of the financial companies. 2. I am against any other bailout plan. 3. Let the auto industry file bankruptcy to negate union contracts. 4. execs of failing companies should lose jobs or at least large part of salaries. 5. I believe current layoffs are due to economy in large part, but recent strikes have impact too. 6. Union members pay attention to item 3 above or you will be next. 7. Alan shut up! the reason people get promoted is becaues they show leadership skills & qualities you obviously do not have. You Alan are one of the sheeples who blindly follow the leader. You had better hope your leader (the union) are not lemmings.
Posted By: Annoyed: Gee, this wouldn't have a thing to do with Sen. McCain wanting to open the bidding for our Military Tanker to a foreign country. Or the fact that once Boeing cried foul and got it stopped the current administration wants to wait and let the new administration handle it. Or that the CEO's and other upper crust at Boeing want their bonuses and perks. Either the brain surgeons on this site can't understand the news or read the paper.
Posted By: Response to Anon: If you look at Japan, you will see that when companies start doing poorly, the executives take a decrease in pay because they are considered the responsible party. That's not the case in the USA. They start cutting the little guys here, then reward themselves for increasing profitablity with nice fat raises. I'm not a fan of unions, but I do realize they are NOT what is bringing down our industry. It is crappy management and shoddy accounting practices.
Posted By: Just an Observation: You guys are all correct!! It's those evil UNION guys making less than 100k a year sucking all the money out of the companies. It couldn't be all the CEO's, managers, supervisors and supervisors over supervisors bonuses, could it? Profits aren't going to be what they have been, so the only way these clowns are going to get the hefty bonuses they are used to is by cutting overhead. We all know the big dogs aren't going to get rid of themselves, so they boot the workers. They get a HUGE bonus and the remaining workers get MANDATORY OVERTIME. All the while the public p*** and moan about those evil unions.
Posted By: : So, Alan the Spirit worker: does this affect the commercial side "Boeing Co. has seen its orders peak and the number of commercial planes in its backlog will probably decline going forward." I
Posted By: Curious: Alan, When did Airbus officially get the bid? I thought Boeing lodged a complaint and it was still up in the air... Just curious.
Posted By: : Look at the quote in the story: "taking steps to restructure our business in order to lower our rates and become more affordable for customers." This IS about the bottom line. The price a customer pays for a product includes labor costs. Strikes cost millions. Unless the government bails out the auto industry, (a short term fix at best) labor unions there will be gone. One of the foreign companies will buy buildings and equipment for pennies on the dollar, capturing capacity and market share. They can take all the time they need, hire anyone they want, and in the meantime car prices go up, incentives go down, and spare parts are hard to come by. They have the operating capital to do it. Why? Because their current workforce strives for continuous improvement and cost reduction, instead of whining about their pay rate and haggling over details when they are already fairly compensated. Unless drastic changes are made, aircraft will soon be circling the drain as well. Wake up people!
Posted By: Deanna: It's a good thing they striked. They would have still had the layoffs so at least you stuck up for yourselves and got a more resonable contract.
Posted By: n: Boy, Alan seems to be the smart one out of the bunch. Using words like morons, stupidity, and idiots. Hey Alan why don't you post your comment and leave the insults out. Their not stupid or idiots or morons; it's their comments.
Posted By: n: I said when you were striking that you might win in the negotiations but that you'd lose in the long run and ah...I was so right, the layoff is the payoff for your greediness, I certainly hope that those being laid off are the ones that were on the picket line in the first place and not the ones that chose to work and not be greedy and wanting more. God sure works in mysterious ways to those not content with what they have.....Guess who is getting the last word...GOD!!!!
Posted By: Elaine: Of course, this is not good news but at least you get to work thru the holidays and you get a 60 day notice instead of just a few days.
Posted By: JD: "Alan", i dont know whether to say your comments are stupid or ignorant. If you think the layoffs have nothing to do with the strike, then you are just naive. Boeing and Spirit can make you beleive whatever they want to. But look at the facts, how can it not have to do with the strike.Think about it, you guys struck for more pay and they said ok. And now they are laying off obvisously because there is not enough money to keep the workforce where it is at now. Hmm to me that sounds like because you greedy employees wanted more and now they cant afford it. Just my opinion! So how about you look at the obvious instead of looking at things through you Boeing blinders. Way to go strikers now you can explain to your families why things are tight just like the other hard workers who got laid off because of your laziness. Best wishes to those families who had nothing to do with the strike and for the ones who did....well KARMA is a wonderful thing.
Posted By: Johnny B: See what that strike got you . Next time maybe you wont be so greedy . There is no such thing as job security anymore !!!!
Posted By: PJ: I do work for Spirit in Wichita. I also used to work for Boeing. As soon as the strike ended I told my wife "Here come the layoffs". It has happened every time there has been a strike at Boeing. Spirit immune to the layoffs plauging the industry? Dont bet on it. Everyday there are more and more people losing their jobs. That translates into less money for people to take that vacation to grandmas for Christmas, that weekend trip to Vegas, that....you get the picture. Less people flying hurts everyone. Right now Spirit is over built because of the strike. How much longer will management keep people on 3 days, when it is cheaper to lay us off so as not to pay for our benefits. If you're not a little anxious over this, then you must be living in a different world then the rest of us. This country hasn't seen anything yet, if congress doesn't help out the automakers. 2,000,000 unemployed is a lot of people. I'd rather see congress bail out the A/I then the Banking and Security industries.
Posted By: dc: Too bad to to read some comments in this section. Well, we have to admit and accept the truth that in business we can't guarantee it stays strong. Sometimes it happened like this that business turn down and many of the people getting their bread & butter from it, so it is so sad and depressing, right?..but let us think of wonderful thing and start seeking another job, i think there are still jobs around there that awaits you - don't lose the hope you know and be strong enough to face crisis like this and im sure you grow as well because this is life!
Posted By: Alan: Hey K, get a clue, because you do not have one! The military cut back at Boeing is NOT affecting Spirit. I suggest you get your facts straight before aimlessly flapping your gums.
Posted By: Anon: The United Auto Workers union has bankrupted the automobile industry, and has the companies so burdened with labor costs that they cannot possibly compete with Toyota, Volvo, Nissan, etc. The aircraft industry and the IAM would be smart to apply that lesson to the aviation industry.
Posted By: John: It still proves that the amount of morons that Wichita has. The layoffs have nothing to do with the strike. But every moron that thinks it does will have something stupid to say about it
Posted By: K: Hey alan, you genius my husband works there and was told this, i am very well aware boeing is the military area in wichita but apparently that does not matter. So before you spout your crap, don't forget others are in the front line of the layoffs and may actually know what they are talking about. Talk about being uneducated and calling the kettle black!
Posted By: Alan: If some of you idiots making these stupid comments, actually find your way onto the payroll of an aircraft company, and they, the company, find out that you really are extremely stupid, that can't understand or do your job, you will probably be made a manager. Boeing has used this technique forever, and Spirit is continuing the trend. You go boy, you go girl!!
Posted By: janet: Good going union. Protect your company rights and now because of your greed your people have no...Job. When will you learn that when you get greedy you lose. For all of you who said you were on strike to protect your family, you sure did. Hope you don't lose your home and car and everything you have because now you have NO JOB. You deserve it.
Posted By: Alan: The stupidity and ignorance runs deep on this comment section of KAKE. The layoffs have nothing to do with the recent strike. It has everything to do with a few military contracts concluding. The plan was to move the employees that were working on these contracts over to the new tanker program for the United States Air Force. But since our wonderful politicians decided to spend our hard earned tax dollars to pay Airbus to build the aircraft instead, these high skilled mod mechanics are now being laid off. You morons that make these totally uninformed comments amaze me, as you probably do others that read this section also. I can't decide if the fact that you are so severely uneducated, that you can not obtain a decent job other than flipping burgers at McDonalds or you are just plan stupid, and feel the need to lash out at persons that are considered skilled labor. And to the genius that thinks a military cutback will affect Spirit, why would it? They are military, we here at Spirit, are in the most part, commercial. Can some of you not read at all? Educate yourselves prior to making a fool of yourself, like making these half witted comments. If you are that stupid, at least try and learn to appear that you know what you are talking about, so far, most on here are failing, miserably.
Posted By: Kenny: I just told my wife after the strike, I said "Just wait, now that they are going back to work, boeing will layoff!" I love being right.
Posted By: Joy: Bet your glad you striked now huh?
Posted By: q: I only read that they are laying off in wichita. Will they be laying off in Seattle or any other place?
Posted By: K: Was told out of rumor that if Boeing lays off then Spirit will lay off too, just lovely for those that are still on 3 day work weeks out there, only to possibly get laid off after the 1st of the year.
Posted By: john: Wichita is soon to be the new Detroit in Kansas. The IAM does not know about people....only about greed. I would bet the laid off workers at Beechcraft, Cessna, and Boeing would take a wage cut over layoffs and losing their jobs any day...but thanks IAM...that is not an option. If the companies go bankrupt there will be no jobs for anyone. All of the older employees (IAM members) do not care...seniority makes their jobs safe...or so they think...WAKE UP YOU ARE NEXT! History will show unions to be the demise of american industry. And to think the engineers at Boeing want a 20% pay increase in their new contract? Whatever! Pay attention to Detroit...Wichita is next and the IAM is the issue along with greedy people!
Posted By: : HaHaHa to bad,good thing ya strike...........
Posted By: : It appears the strike for job security.. didn't work out that well.
Posted By: : WAY TO GO IAM!!! Let the Union revel in their victory. Wait victory implies a win - this doesn't look like a win to me....lol...lol...lol...;-)
Posted By: : Anyone want to take a back the strike that the Union just had. Part of the reason why 800 jobs are going to be gone.

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