Second NTelos store robbed

It was a case of déjà vu for NTelos late last month when yet another location was robbed by suspects using the same MO.

On June 24, a customer entered the NTelos store in the 7100 block of Hull Street Road and spoke briefly with an employee about a phone plan. He then revealed a gun and demanded money. A second customer, who had been sitting in the store's lobby, suddenly became a lookout for the gun-toting robber.

Having been told there was no money in the store's safe, the armed suspect forced the employee to the office and stole the night deposit money. He then took the employee's cell phone and locked him in the store's bathroom. Both suspects left the store.

The robbery was similar to the June 21 armed robbery of NTelos' Bermuda Crossing shopping center location, and police believe the suspects, two black males, may be responsible for both crimes. They are also suspected of robbing check-cashing stores in Colonial Heights and Dinwiddie County.

Anyone with information about any of these crimes should call county police at 748-1251 or Crime Solvers at 748-0660.

In other crimes:

Burgess Road. At about midnight on June 27, a broken glass bottle stuffed with a rag and filled with flammable liquid was found burned out beside a disabled car left in the 2300 block.

Clearlake Court. Sometime between 10 p.m. on June 25 and 9 a.m. on June 26, gas was stolen from a car parked at a residence in the 800 block in Lake Crystal Farms.

Fox Club Parkway. A metal pole was used to break the door knob off of a ticket booth at the Cosby High School football field in the 14300 block sometime between 5 p.m. on June 23 and 4 p.m. on June 24. The booth had been ransacked.

Hull Street Road. Electronics were stolen from a truck parked at the Rockwood shopping center in the 10100 block between 12:30 and 1:15 p.m. on June 24.

Lake Harbour Drive. A drain pipe located in the outdoor storage area behind the Tractor Supply Co. in the 6800 block was found burned at about 7 p.m. on June 23.

Remuda Drive. A motorcycle was stolen from a residence in the 5400 block sometime between midnight and 10 a.m. on June 24.

Rockdale Road. Sometime between 10 p.m. on June 24 and 8 a.m. on June 25, a GPS was stolen from an unlocked car parked in the 8900 block.

Silvertree Lane. Between 9 a.m. on June 25 and 8 a.m. on June 26, gas was stolen from an SUV parked at a residence in the 15600 block.

Compiled by Gwen Sadler