Man arrested after Hopewell Dollar General robbed twice in one week
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HOPEWELL, Va. (WRIC) -- A man has been arrested after a Hopewell Dollar General was robbed twice in just a week.
Just before 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 25, officers with the Hopewell Police Department were called to the Dollar General at 310 East Broadway for the report of a burglary.
Investigators learned that a suspect forced their way into the store by breaking the glass of the front door. Once inside, they took an unspecified amount of tobacco products. They then fled.
A week later, at 3:18 a.m. on Tuesday, April 1, officers were called to the same Dollar General for another reported burglary.
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Police determined that the suspect entered the store in the same manner as the first burglary: by breaking the glass of the front door. The suspect again took tobacco products, then left the scene.
On Wednesday, April 2, police arrested a Hopewell man in connection with these two incidents, charging him with two counts of burglary.
He is being held in Riverside Regional Jail without bond.
These burglaries remain under investigation. If you have any information on these incidents, you are asked to call the Hopewell Police Department at 804-541-2284.
