A round of applause please for the Lincoln Food Mart Hero

A woman with a shotgun entered Lincoln Food Mart this past Sunday, at about 6 p.m. She walked behind the counter and aimed the gun at the employee behind the register.

Little did she know, a second employee was in the bathroom ("The Hero"). The Hero wrestled the shotgun away from the woman, then restrained her until the police arrived.

A man suspected of being an accomplice came into the store before the robbery and was seen speaking with the woman, he was arrested later at his residence and charged with armed robbery and endangering the life of a child.

Read entire story here.

Armed robber at East Bluff Family Dollar Store

There was an armed robbery at the East Bluff Family Dollar Store on Wisconsin Avenue at around 3:15 p.m. this afternoon. The suspect, which was a heavy set female, dressed as a male, had a semi-automatic handgun and took all of the money from the cash register drawer and fled on foot.

My thought - taking all of the money from one register at this store, probably got the robber no more then twenty one dollar bills - imagine her disappointment when she gets home and counts the loot. Clown.