WV KNIFE AND GUN CLUB - Dollar Store Heist

(07/29/2013)
DOLLAR STORE HOLD-UP - A man with a gun held-up the employees at the Family Dollar Store in South Charleston when the store was getting ready to close.

Police say a masked person came into the store and took off with an undetermined amount of cash.

Two employees and one customer were in the store.

SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN ARMED ROBBERY - Huntington Police have two people in custody after they robbed a group of people at a party inside the Village Apartments Saturday night.

The victims said they had been at the party for about a half hour when they went outside to smoke and the man who had invited them to the party allegedly followed them outside with a handgun and demanded money.

Party-goers surrounded them to keep them from leaving.

The victims gave the man cash, before he ran away.

Police quickly caught up with the person.

18-year old Tequan Montek Pratt was arrested and charged with two counts of armed robbery in connection with the incident. A second detained man was released. Pratt was also charged with being a fugitive from justice, wanted in Pennsylvania on a robbery charge.