Armed robbery, Harristown
Police have charged a man following the armed robbery of a convenience store in Harristown early this morning.
It will be alleged at around 1:15am a man entered the business on James Street and produced a knife, demanding money and car keys from a male staff member.
The staff member complied with the man’s demands before the man fled the scene with a sum of cash in the employee’s vehicle.
No one was physically injured during the incident.
As a result of police investigations, officers arrested a man at an address in Harristown just before 6:30am this morning.
A 30-year-old Charleville man has been charged with armed robbery, unlawful use of a motor vehicle and enter premises with intent to commit an indictable offence.
He is due to appear in Toowoomba Magistrates Court on May 1.
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