Crime & Safety
UPDATE: Dairy Barn Held Up at Gunpoint
Winchester High School was briefly in lock down.
The on Main Street was held up at gunpoint this afternoon. was on lock down as a precaution, but was reopened by 2 p.m.
According to Lieutenant Peter MacDonnell of the , at approximately 1:30 p.m. a male between the ages of 30 and 40 robbed the Dairy Barn.
"There was a gun shown and it was armed robbery," MacDonnell said.
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MacDonnell said that the man is between 5-5 and 5-6 and weighs approximately 180 pounds.
According to the Winchester Police, the robber stole between $4,000 and $6,000.
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The Dairy Barn has video surveillance cameras, and Winchester Police are currently looking through the footage.
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