KANNAPOLIS — A Kannapolis man is in the Rowan County Detention Center today, charged with robbing a convenience store and beating the clerk with a stick.
Police didn’t have to look far for Kenny Wayne Chambers, 37, of 205 Dalrymple St. He came to them and started a conversation shortly after the robbery. He is now under $50,000 bond on a charge of robbery with a dangerous weapon.
Police say a masked man entered Rushco at 2595 N. Cannon Blvd. around 2:45 a.m. this morning. Carrying two sticks, he walked behind the counter and began hitting the clerk. The robber demanded that the clerk open the cash register and give him the money in it.
When the clerk got the register open, his hands and arms were bleeding from the beating and he bled on the register and the money, which the masked man grabbed before fleeing.
A short time later, as officers with the city’s canine units searched an area near the store, Chambers approached them on a bicycle and asked if they were walking their dogs, Kannapolis Police Lt. Bret Johnson said.
Chambers lives in the Rose Hill community a few blocks from the store, Johnson said.
Chambers’ clothes fit the description of the clothing the robber was wearing, and the clerk told police he thought he recognized the bandit’s voice as someone named Kenny who came into the store occasionally and lived nearby.
Police searched Chambers and found blood-soaked money in his pocket. An investigator’s report indicates Chambers had been drinking, Johnson said.
Paramedics treated the clerk for a gash on his hand.
Contact Scott Jenkins at 704-797-4248 or sjenkins@salisburypost.com
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