FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                 July 3, 2002

CARY, NC – The Town of Cary’s Police Department is asking for your help in apprehending suspects involved in yesterday’s early morning armed robbery of the Lowes Food Store at 1741 Walnut Street near Buck Jones Road in Cary.

Around 4:50 a.m. Tuesday, two men entered the business through an unlocked front door and confronted a clerk who was preparing the money for the day. The worker was forced to hand over the money from the upper, unlocked portion of the safe and to unlock the lower portion of the safe from which more money was taken. The suspects then made the clerk lie on the floor as they exited with an undetermined amount of money through the same front door they had entered. Fortunately, the pair was spotted leaving in a white Ford Contour with NC tag number NTY-6654.

Cary Police are looking for two black males. The first is 6’1" – 6’2" tall, about 230 pounds, wearing baggie dark clothing with a hooded shirt, a baseball cap, and sunglasses. This suspect also had a blue bandana covering his nose and mouth. He wore gloves and was armed with a black semiautomatic handgun. The second black male is smaller, 5’8"- 5’11" tall, about 160-170 wearing a dark Tee shirt and jogging pants, baseball cap, sunglasses, gloves and a blue bandana covering his nose and mouth.

Cary Crime Stoppers will pay up to $2,500—and Lowes will add up to another $1,000--for information leading to the identification and apprehension of the individuals responsible for this crime. Anyone with information may contact Crime Stoppers at 226-CRIM(E), pressing option 3 for Cary or contact Sergeant Randy Swallow, Criminal Investigations, at (919) 462-2002. All calls will be kept CONFIDENTIAL at caller's request.

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