ROBBERY INVESTIGATION Deputies Say Man Who Robbed 7-11 Turns Himself In
Reported by: Bethany Simmons
Web Producer: Bethany Simmons
Also Contributing: Michelle Carroll
Reported: Jan. 16, 2013 3:10 AM EST
Updated: Jan. 17, 2013 11:46 AM EST
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Rand
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
The man deputies said robbed a Kanawha County convenience store early Wednesday morning has been taken into custody.
Gerald Martin Maxwell, 26, has been charged with armed robbery.
Deputies said he walked into the 7-11 convenience store in the Rand area about 2 a.m., showed a gun and demanded cash. They said the suspect made off with about $100.
It didn't take long for deputies to catch up with the suspect; they said he returned to the scene of the crime. When deputies asked him why he came back, Maxwell said, "I saw couple of you looking for me and you can't hide from the boys in blue," according to the news release from the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office.
He was lodged in the South Central Regional Jail on $25,000 bond.
Kanawha Counties deputies need your help to find the man they say robbed the 7-11 in Rand early Wednesday.
A man walked into the store about 2 a.m., showed the clerk a gun and demanded cash, deputies said.
The clerk described the robber as a tall and heavy-set black male in his late 20s or early 30s.
If you have any information that could help in the investigation, call 911.
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Bethany Simmons
