Crime & Safety

Dorsey 7-Eleven Robbed at Gunpoint

Despite using an aviation search unit, police were unable to locate the suspect.

The 7-Eleven on Dorsey Road in Hanover was robbed at gunpoint in the early hours of Thursday morning, according to Anne Arundel County Police.

The incident marked the in that a local 7-Eleven was robbed. 

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The store’s clerk told police that a man wearing a purple ski mask entered the shop with a handgun, jumped over the counter and demanded money. The 7-Eleven employee said he complied with the requests of the robber, who then fled through the front door after taking an undisclosed amount of money. 

Numerous officers, a K-9 unit and the aviation unit were unable to locate the suspect after searching the area, according to police. 

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