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Updated: 6:26 PM Aug 22, 2005
Wichita Convenience Stores Targeted By Cigarette Robbers
Wichita 
Police investigate a string of robberies.Reporter: Jeanene Kiesling |
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Wichita Convenience Stores Targeted By Cigarette Robbers
August 22--A Kwik Shop on South Oliver was actually robbed twice Saturday. One of the suspects used an unusually violent method to make off with the goods.
It's the second time in as many days investigators say a man used rubbing alcohol as a weapon during a robbery. He's also a suspect in a third robbery late last week. But the crook was after cigarettes, not cash. "Cigarettes can be something to sell on the street and make money to support a habit," said Wichita Police Lt. James Bohannon.
And the man is not alone. Authorities are investigating two more robberies where cigarettes were what drove the suspects to steal.
Saturday morning, two men entered the Kwik Shop on South Oliver and grabbed several cartons of cigarettes.
The loss to the business is at most a few hundred dollars. But because it's a robbery, it's still a felony.
If you have any information on the holdups, call Crimestoppers at 267-2111.
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