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Lottery Scratch-Off Thief Caught Attempting To Cash Out

 Chelsi Zash    Created:  1/30/2009 8:32:03 AM  Updated: 1/30/2009 8:59:26 AM
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Greensboro, NC -- Police arrested a man after he tried to cash lottery tickets stolen just hours earlier.

Police say a man entered the G&S Mini Mart on Lawndale driver just before 7 pm on Thursday and pushed the store clerk to the floor. The suspect then removed a North Carolina Lottery Scratch-Off dispenser before fleeing the scene in a vehicle.

Officers then responded to a call at the Wilco-Hess on Battleground around 10:30 pm after a reported of someone trying to cash stolen scratch-off tickets.

Justin Conley, 20, was arrested and charged with common law robbery and obtaining property by false pretense. He was placed in the Guilford County Jail under a $7,500 bond.

WFMY News 2



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