1/10/11

Police are looking for three armed thieves in a dramatic robbery at the Dollar General in Holly Hill.
The robbers all wore hooded jackets and walked into the store at Sixth Street and Ridgewood Avenue before 10 p.m. Sunday, police said. They demanded that the two employees lie down on the floor. One of the suspects pressed his gun to the head of one of the women.
Two of the robbers then tried to open the store safe and when they couldn't, they threatened the employees, police said. One of the clerks said she could open the safe if she were allowed to get up. When she couldn't open the safe immediately, the robbers accused her of trying to lock it, police said.
She got the safe open, then one of the men began grabbing cash. The suspects then ordered the employees to open three registers in the store, one of the men pressing his weapon against the same woman's head and saying, "If we get what we want, I won't kill you," police said.
After the robbers grabbed all the cash from the registers, they told the women to stay on the ground, and then left. Witnesses told police they saw the trio head east and get into a car driven by a fourth person.
Surveillance video captured all three entering the store, police said, and it's possible the men could be linked to another armed robbery at a Dollar General in South Daytona a few weeks ago.
Anyone with information is asked to call Holly Hill police, 386-248-9475.