The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an armed robbery early this morning at the Shoprite Plaza in Monticello. Deputies were called to the Thompson Square Mall just after midnight. A frum man had just left Shoprite and was walking to his car in the parking lot when he told police he was accosted by two males who brandeshed a handgun. The victim said he fought off the attackers, who still managed to take off with his wallet.The suspects fled in a mid 1990’s blue pickup truck. No further description is available.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Sheriff’s Confidential Tips Line at 807-0158 or the Sheriff’s main telephone number at 794-7100.
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I don’t understand why he would fight two attackers with a gun. Rather foolish.
B”H it turned out all right.