Norwich police investigate convenience store robbery
Norwich – City police responded to a local convenience store Friday night for a reported armed robbery.
Police in a news release said an emergency call came into the department around 8:30 p.m. The clerk from Mak’s Food convenience store at 204 Boswell Ave. told dispatchers a masked male entered the store, displayed a firearm and demanded money from the register, then fled on foot with cash.
Police said nobody was harmed in the incident.
The department is asking the public to help identify a suspect. The man wore dark clothes except for tan boots, according to police.
They ask anyone with information to call Det. Ken Wright at (860) 886-5561, ext. 3159, email kwright@cityofnorwich.org or call the Norwich Police Tip Line at (860) 886-5561, ext. 4.
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