Robber Threatens Store Clerk With Syringe
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FULLERTON — Police were searching late Tuesday for a man who robbed a Radio Shack of about $300 after threatening the clerk with a blood-filled syringe the robber said contained HIV, police said.
The man--who was in his 30s, and wore jeans and a denim jacket--held up the store in the 1300 block of South Harbor Boulevard about 7:30 p.m., Police Lt. Dan Becerra said.
Officers chased the man into an open Montgomery Ward department store nearby, then evacuated customers and began a search of the large building, Becerra said.
Police are seeking the man on suspicion of armed robbery, Becerra said.
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