Crime & Safety

Armed Royal Farms Robber Sought In Chantilly: LCSO

Police are looking for an unknown man who robbed a Royal Farms at gunpoint early Tuesday in Chantilly: Loudoun County Sheriff's Office.

Police are looking for an unknown man who robbed a Royal Farms at gunpoint.
Police are looking for an unknown man who robbed a Royal Farms at gunpoint. (Loudoun County Sheriff's Office)

CHANTILLY, VA—Police are looking for an unknown man who robbed a Royal Farms convenience store at gunpoint early Tuesday on Lizzio Center Drive, according the the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office. He was wearing all-black clothing and a black, plastic skeleton mask.

Around 4 a.m., the man entered the business, whipped out a gun and demanded money from two employees. He took an undisclosed amount of cash from the registers before fleeing. No injuries were reported.

Shortly afterward, a deputy responding to the scene spotted someone run into a wooded area along Edgewater Drive near Pleasant Woods Court. Police searched the area to no avail. Anyone with information is urged to call Detective C. Pickerell at 703-777-1021.

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