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NewsSeptember 5, 2000

A suspect was jailed Monday in connection with an armed robbery of an area convenience store. The Cape Girardeau County sheriff's office, in a news release, reported that a man entered the Smith Stop Convenience Store on Route K, displayed a knife and fled with cash Monday afternoon...

Ralph Wanamaker

A suspect was jailed Monday in connection with an armed robbery of an area convenience store.

The Cape Girardeau County sheriff's office, in a news release, reported that a man entered the Smith Stop Convenience Store on Route K, displayed a knife and fled with cash Monday afternoon.

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A short time later, authorities took a suspect into custody, the release said.

The man was being held in the Cape Girardeau County Jail, pending the filing of formal charges, the release said.

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