SERIAL ROBBERS INJURE CLERK

A duo of serial robbers terrorized convenience-store employees in our neighborhood, seriously injuring one in late August.

The Dallas Police Department in September released video that clearly shows the two men robbing a 7-Eleven clerk at gunpoint.

The robbers, who police experts guess are 17-25 years old, are both about 5-foot-8 and 170 pounds.

Police suspect them in connection with at least four robberies and one violent assault in the northeast and East Dallas areas.

At about 5:45 a.m. Aug. 21, the pair robbed the 7-Eleven on Abrams at Northwest Highway using two semi-automatic pistols. Then they personally robbed the clerk, going through his pockets as he lay on the ground. In the following hours, they hit four other stores in similar style, police say.

On Aug. 23, the criminals returned to the scene of one of their Aug. 21 robberies, a gas station on Shiloh, where the clerk immediately recognized them, according to police reports. One of them beat the clerk over the head with a gun, which discharged during the attack. The bullet grazed the clerk’s head. He was taken to Baylor in stable condition according to the most recent report available.

Badge number of Dallas Police Department officer Raymond Petty of the Central Patrol Division, who was arrested on family violence charges in August

-year-old Petty was charged with a class C misdemeanor, which carries a fine of about $391

8 years of service on the police department, Petty was placed on administrative leave pending an Internal Affairs Division investigation

—Christina Hughes Babb

Anyone with information regarding these offenses or the identity of the suspects should contact the Dallas Police Department’s Robbery Unit at 214.671.3584 or Crime Stoppers at 214.373.8477. Crime Stoppers offers up to a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the suspects involved.

SOURCE Dallas Police Department