Bold Robber Holds Up Armored Car At Clinton Twp. 7-Eleven: Police

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI — An armed gunman got away with “a large sum of money” after he held up an armored car guard at a 7-Eleven store in Clinton Township just after noon Thursday, police said. The suspect, a 29-year-old Mount Clemens man, was taken into custody later Thursday.

The suspect hasn’t been named pending arraignment in 41-B District Court on Monday, Aug. 14, police said. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Clinton Township Patch, click here to find your local Michigan Patch. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

The suspect approached the armored car driver at the 7-Eleven store at 37335 Harper about 12:30 p.m. and took the money at gunpoint, according to a Clinton Township Police Department news release. Evidence related to the robbery was located and recovered, police said.

Police are still actively investigating the robbery and ask that any witnesses contact Detective Stephen Rupkus at (586) 493-7849.

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