Police in Cynthiana are working three gas station robberies in less than a month. Even more alarming is that the surveillance pictures have folks in town wondering is the cases could be connected.
One of the surveillance videos shows that around 7 p.m. Sunday, a white man in a dark, blue hoodie walks into Ken’s at Church and Bridge. The man, knife in hand, finds the clerk, who opens the register. The robber then grabs some cash and, in a matter of seconds, takes off.
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That man is described as somewhere between 5-foot-5 and 5-foot-8.
A man in a dark-blue hoodie was also captured in surveillance robbing the Fast Max on US 27 the night of Sept. 30. That man is also wearing a mask, a glove, and gray sweat pants. The man, described as about 6-feet-tall, points a gun at the clerk, gets the money and runs.
“People are needing money and they’re desperate, and they’ll do whatever they have to do,” said Tim Burke.
Burke, the manager of First Stop on West Pleasant says his place was hit the night of Oct. 4. Around 11:30 p.m., Burke says a white man wearing – you guessed it – a dark-colored hoodie and mask, walked in pretending to have a gun. This time, though, no money was taken. The clerk called the man’s bluff and the would-be robber ran.
While the suspect descriptions are not exactly the same, Burke and several others say it’s possible the same guy is behind all three.
“It’s all between 5’8″ and 6′. You know when you’re nervous you’re gonna miss two or three inches, so it’s obvious it could be,” Burke said.
While Cynthiana police are not saying the three are connected, investigators do say they will look into that possibility.
