Crime & Safety
Men Shove Oak Creek Gas Station Clerk, Steal Alcohol Bottles: Police
An Oak Creek gas station was robbed Friday morning by two men who created an "extremely dangerous situation," police said.
OAK CREEK, WI — Two men shoved an Oak Creek gas station worker on Friday morning before they stole several bottles of alcohol from the store, according to police.
The two men showed up to the Shell Gas Station in a silver four-door sedan around 10:45 a.m., police said. One entered a restricted area where the liquor was stored and one "violently pushed" the woman who was working at the time, police said.
Both men then grabbed several alcohol bottles and ran off without paying, police said.
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"This crime was bold and created an extremely dangerous situation," police wrote in a news release. "We are asking for the public's help in identifying the suspects in this incident."
Police asked anyone with information to contact Detective Ben Lockwood at 414-766-7627 or to email him at blockwood@oakcreekwi.gov.
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