12:41 pm on Thursday January 15, 2015
| Posted by MBSunNews
Second convenience store robbery reported this week in Georgetown County
For the second time this week, Georgetown County Sheriff’s deputies are asking for help in regarding an armed robbery at a Kangaroo convenience store, officials said.
Deputies learned at 12:02 a.m. Thursday a man went into the Kangaroo Express at 10459 Ocean Highway in Pawleys Island, pointed a handgun at the clerk and demanded money, said Carrie Cuthbertson, Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman.
The robber received about $40 cash and then ran from the store, Cuthbertson said. No one was hurt during the robbery in which the man wore a hooded sweatshirt, gloves and a piece of clothing covering his face.