Sheboygan police arrest suspect after gas station robbed at knifepoint by masked man
SHEBOYGAN - A 38-year-old Watertown man has been arrested on suspicion of armed robbery after a gas station clerk reported being robbed at knifepoint by a masked man Wednesday evening.
Sheboygan police said in a news release that officers responded at around 7:10 p.m. Wednesday to the report of an armed robbery at a gas station in the 1500 block of South Eighth Street.
The release said a gas station clerk reported a masked man, armed with a knife, demanded money from the store and then fled after receiving cash from the clerk. No one was hurt.
Officers set up a perimeter and completed a neighborhood canvas. They then identified a suspect after review of surveillance video of the incident. The suspect was taken into custody around 11 p.m. Wednesday.
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Police say they are referring charges of armed robbery against the man to the Sheboygan County District Attorney's Office.
The Sheboygan Press does not name suspects until they have been charged with a crime in court.
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