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Vape shop employee pins alleged robber down until officers arrive: NCPD
Police said the suspect threatened to shoot the clerk, who pinned him to the floor before officers arrived and charged him with armed robbery.
- On Tuesday, a North Charleston vape shop employee pinned a robbery suspect to the ground during an attempted armed robbery on Rivers Avenue.
- Police identified the suspect as 33-year-old Justin Allen Adkins, who entered the Smoke Shop and demanded money while claiming to possess a.22-caliber handgun.
- After the employee refused to comply, Adkins allegedly threw items around the store, causing extensive damage before the employee detained him until Officers arrived.
- Authorities transported Adkins to a hospital for treatment of injuries sustained during the struggle before booking him into the Cannon Detention Center.
- Adkins faces charges of robbery while armed with a deadly weapon and malicious injury to property under $2,000, as the North Charleston Police Department continues its investigation.
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Vape shop employee pins alleged robber down until officers arrive: NCPD
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) - A man was arrested after he allegedly attempted to rob a Rivers Avenue vape shop on Tuesday night. Officers with the North Charleston Police Department responded to a reported robbery in progress at the Vape and Smoke shop on Rivers Avenue just before 11 p.m. When officers arrived, another officer [...]
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