Armed Robbery at Payday Loan Store

By Samantha Thrift Wednesday, June 15, 2011

The York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office is investigating an armed robbery that happened at 4:30 p.m. Monday at the Cash into Check store in the 400 block of Merrimac Trail.

An armed man entered the store, displayed a handgun and robbed the clerk.  Sheriff’s office spokesman Sgt. Dennis Ivey, Jr. said they did not know if the suspect fled by foot or car.

Ivey described the suspect in a press release as a light-skinned black male, 5’10” to 6’ tall, clean shaven and with short hair. He was wearing jean shorts and a short-sleeved, red plaid button-up shirt.

The Cash into Check was open, but there were no customers in the building when the robbery occurred.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Line at 1-888 LOCK-U-UP.