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Rock and robbin': Man robs Bellingham shoe store with rock
Posted by John de Leon
A man used a large rock to rob a Bellingham shoe store over the weekend, according to Bellingham police.
The man walked into the Red Wing Shoes store, 117 Telegraph Road, at about 4 p.m. Saturday just as an employee was closing for the day. The man told the employee "this is a robbery" and held a rock over the victim's head. The man took an undisclosed amount of cash and walked out.
Police were alerted to the robbery by a witness who was in the store's parking lot. Within five minutes of receiving the 911 call several Bellingham police officers found and arrested a suspect.
The suspect, 28, was booked into the Whatcom County Jail for investigation of first-degree robbery and possession of a controlled substance.
The money taken in the robbery was recovered, police said.
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