Colonial Heights woman accused of robbing Walgreens at gunpoint
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COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. (WRIC) -- A Colonial Heights woman was hit with almost a dozen charges after police say she robbed a Walgreens at gunpoint.
At about 10:50 p.m. on Saturday, June 7, officers with the Colonial Heights Police Department were called to a Walgreens at 3201 Boulevard for report of an armed robbery.
Investigators learned that a suspect entered the store with a gun and ordered the customer currently at the cash register to the ground, demanding money.
"The suspect then grabbed the cashier and forced her at gunpoint to an office, where the victim was ordered to open the safe," police said.
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After taking an unspecified amount of money, the suspect left the store.
Two days later, on Monday, June 9, officers arrested 26-year-old Janae Asia Ivoree Johnson of Colonial Heights in connection with this robbery.
She was hit with 11 charges, including two counts of felony armed robbery, eight counts of felony abduction and one count of using a firearm in the commission of a felony.
According to police, Johnson is being held at Riverside Regional Jail without bond.
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If you have any information on this incident, you are asked to contact master detective C.M. Velasquez with the Colonial Heights Police Department. You can do so either by phone at 804-520-9329 or by email at velasquezc@colonialheightsva.gov.
