Coeur d’Alene Dollar Tree robbery linked to robberies across four states

May 31, 2017 Updated Wed., May 31, 2017 at 9:45 p.m.

From staff reports

An armed robbery Sunday in Coeur d’Alene has been tentatively linked to previous robberies in New York, Wisconsin and Michigan, according to the Coeur d’Alene Police Department.

A man depicted in surveillance footage, which was obtained by authorities in New York, is being treated as a person of interest in the Sunday robbery, according to a news releases issued by the department.

In each incident, the man was armed and stole cash from a Dollar Tree close to closing time. A release from the North Greenbush Police Department in New York identifies the man as a white male in his 50s or 60s, approximately 5-feet-10, weighing around 200 pounds. He may be driving a gray Dodge Charger.

In the incident in Coeur d’Alene, the man approached two workers at the cash register at the Dollar Tree, 406 W. Neider Ave., about 8:55 p.m. and brandished a handgun, police said in a news release. He fled the store with cash.

Police ask that anyone with information on the robbery call the Coeur d’Alene Police Department at (208) 769-2320.

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