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Business owner robbed at gunpoint in East Waco this morning
A man was robbed at gunpoint this morning outside his East Waco business, according to Waco police.
At 9:42 a.m. the owner of Chapman’s, 801 E. Waco Drive, pulled into the parking lot of his business after returning from the bank, according to a release from Waco police spokesman Melvin Roseborough.
According to the release, a white Plymouth van occupied by two men pulled in behind him and got out of the van. The suspects approached the driver’s side of the victim’s truck, opened the door, and pointed a gun at the owner and demanded money.
The victim surrendered a large sum of money without incident and the suspects got back into the van and fled east on Waco Drive, Roseborough said.
Waco police found the van a short while later abandoned behind part of the G.L. Wiley School buildings on East Live Oak Street. The van was still running when discovered by officers. The van was impounded to be processed for evidence.
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By Jerry
July 3, 2009 4:28 PM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
…and the people of East Waco are so put down that no businesses want to open in their area.
By mikey
July 3, 2009 7:13 PM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
So, how many of you will never attend a performance at the Civic center or join a downtown organization because of Jennifer Mitchell and Margret Mills? Is there a mass exodus of the Lake Air Towers due to a mugging? Has people quit going to Skinnys on Valley Mills Dr. because of an assault? Are you going to pull your kids out of Waco High because of the hooliganism there? Has anyone stopped going to the mall because someone had a gunfight there? Look in your own backyard for crime. It is everywhere.
By Tracy
July 3, 2009 7:21 PM | Link to this | Report comment abuse
Thank you Mikey! Someone with some darn since. Crime is everywhere just not in East Waco! Hewitt just have a spree of vandalism but I don’t see no one saying anything about that! Just because a crime happened in East Waco doesn’t make East Waco a bad place. If people’s attidue would change just a little maybe everyone could have a better place to live.