Pine Ridge General Store robbed, suspect caught on tape

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, December 2, 2009

About 7:43pm Friday evening, the Pine Ridge General Store at 3510 Stokes Ferry Road was robbed. The suspect appears to be a short Hispanic Male 25 to 35 years of age and was armed with a silver semiautomatic handgun.

In the surveillance photos, the suspect is wearing a plaid short sleeved shirt and has tattoos on both forearms. The suspect arrived on the scene and left in a gold colored , 4-door car, which appears to be a 90ís model Buick or Oldsmobile.

The suspect appears to have been a passenger in the car that was operated by another male wearing a white short sleeved shirt. The suspect’s car came from the direction of Salisbury and left traveling away from Salisbury toward Dunnís Mountain Road.

This suspect may be the same suspect that was caught on video breaking into Hoganís Store on Airport Road.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Rowan County Sheriffís Office at 704-216-8700 or the Salisbury-Rowan CrimeStoppers at 866-639-5245.