Shreveport Police Dept.

Date: Aug 14, 2008

Phone: 318/673-6932 Fax: 318/673-6933

Contact: Kacee Hargrave, Public Information Officer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Police search for robber reward offered

Shreveport Police Investigators need your assistance in locating a suspect who robbed a clerk at Henry's Corner Grocery Store.

On 7/28/08 patrol officers responded to Henry's Corner Grocery Store and upon officers arrival, the victim stated that while she was waiting on a customer, the suspect entered the store armed with a butcher knife. The victims stated that the suspect raised the knife up in the air and demanded that she open the register and give him the money. The suspect then went behind the counter where he pushed the clerk into the floor and then told her to get up and open the register. The suspect fled the store on foot with an undetermined amount of cash east on Milam Street.

Crime Stoppers is offering a $500.00 reward to anyone having any information which leads to the arrest of the suspect responsible for this crime. Contact Crime Stoppers at 673-7373, 1800-222-8477 (TIPS) or www.crimestoppersshreveportcaddo.com

Information can be left with Crime Stoppers at 673-7373 or by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at www.crimestoppersshreveportcaddo.com.

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