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Dog Helps Thwart Liquor Store Robbery
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A man believed to have robbed the Glenwood Package Store on Route 81 is seen on one of the store's surveillance cameras.
By JOSEPH WENZEL IV
Fox CT
6:53 p.m. EST, January 15, 2011
CLINTON — A store clerk's dog helped stop an armed robbery at a liquor store in Clinton Friday night, police said.
A female clerk was working at Glenwood Package Store, at 140 Killingworth Tpke., when a man entered the store just before 8 p.m., Officer Allyson Skeens said. The store clerk was looking down when she heard a click, Skeens said. When she looked up, a man wearing a ski mask and dark clothing had a handgun pointed at her and demanded money, Skeens said.
The store clerk's dog, Ginger, which is a Labrador-boxer-Rottweiler mix, ran toward the suspect, chasing him out of the store, Skeens said. He fled in a vehicle, police said.
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There was no word on any injuries, Skeens said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Clinton police at 860-669-0451.
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