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Man Robs Pasadena 7-Eleven With Screwdriver, Arrest Made: Police

A 7-Eleven on Fort Smallwood Road was robbed early Sunday morning. The suspect threatened the cashier with a screwdriver, police say.

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The Pasadena 7-Eleven on 8930 Fort Smallwood Road was robbed early Sunday morning. The suspect, Frank William Helsel, returned to the store early Thursday morning, resulting in his arrest, the Anne Arundel County Police Department says.
The Pasadena 7-Eleven on 8930 Fort Smallwood Road was robbed early Sunday morning. The suspect, Frank William Helsel, returned to the store early Thursday morning, resulting in his arrest, the Anne Arundel County Police Department says. (Google Maps)

PASADENA, MD — Police arrested a man accused of robbing a Pasadena 7-Eleven early Sunday morning. The theft happened around 1 a.m. at the 8930 Fort Smallwood Road location.

The male suspect entered the store wearing a black mask. It's not clear whether the mask was an identity concealer or a coronavirus preventer. The man pressed a screwdriver against the clerk's back and demanded cash from the register, according to a police report.

The cashier complied and gave the man an unknown amount of money. The burglar fled, and police could not find him.

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The suspect returned to the store on Thursday around 3:15 a.m, police say. The same clerk recognized the man and told police.

Soon after, police found the accused man walking along Hog Neck Road. He tried to run away when police approached him, but he was unsuccessful.

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Police arrested the fleeing man, Frank William Helsel, and charged him with the robbery. Grimes, 42, lives in Pasadena. His case does not yet show in the court system, so his first court date and bail information are not immediately available.

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Editor's Note: Police say Helsel gave them a fake identity at the time of his arrest. Patch removed the false identity from this initial story and did not list the fake name in the follow-up article. It is not clear whether the name that Hessel gave belongs to an actual person. Patch does not want to risk mentioning a potentially-uninvolved party. Patch left a similar editor's note on the our most recent story.
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