Easy Money: Armed Robber Grabs Unattended Cash Register

STAFFORD, Va. — Investigators have released images of an armed robbery suspect who must have had a four-leaf clover in his pocket or a lucky rabbit's foot.

The man was able to walk off with a large cash register in what was supposed to be an overnight hold-up, except the cashier had stepped away to use the restroom.

Surveillance images released by the Stafford County Sheriff's Office shows the suspect at 4:25 a.m. Monday walking into the 7-Eleven on White Oak Road.

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He is wearing a mask over his face, mirrored sun-glasses and latex gloves, and carrying what looked to be a handgun, according to investigators.

There were no customers in the store and the clerk was in the restroom.

"Not seeing anyone else in the store, he removed the cash drawer from behind the counter," according to a police statement.

After pulling a cable out of the wall attached to the register, the suspect can be seen putting the large cash till under his arm and walking out the door.

There was a $100 bill and an undisclosed amount of other cash in the register.

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