Crime & Safety
City Police Search for Sheetz Robbers
Three suspects sought in brutal early morning armed robbery.
Police are searching for a group of men who violently robbed the Sheetz in Central Park early this morning before making off in st.
According to the Fredericksburg Police Department, three armed and masked men entered the store and attacked the clerks with pepper spray around 5:50 a.m. today.
The suspects stole money from the cash registers and the purses of the employees and ransacked the store office.
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As they left the store, one of the suspects carjacked a vehicle from an arriving customer. The other two suspects ran toward the Riverside Manor Townhouse Suspect.
The two clerks were not seriously injured. They were treated on the scene by medics for effects of pepper spray exposure. The victim of the carjacking was not injured as she complied with the robbers and surrendered her VW Passat.
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The Passat was found without anyone inside at the Riverside Manor Townhomes by state police at around 7 a.m.
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