BPD: two in custody after armed robbery at Casey’s

Posted on December 17, 2018
Bloomington Police have taken 29-year old Mary Harris and 31-year old Calvin Harris into custody after an armed robbery Sunday at a Casey’s General Store on Fox Creek Road. (Photo Bloomington Police Department)

 

By Neil Doyle

BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington Police have taken a man and woman into custody after an armed robbery at a Casey’s General Store.

Police were called around 1:30 p.m. Sunday to the Casey’s located in the 2000 block of Fox Creek Road. It was reported a Casey’s employee was in his vehicle in the parking lot when one suspect pointed a gun at him.  The other suspect is a former employee at the store.

The employee was robbed of over $5,000 cash and the suspect fled the scene with another person in a vehicle.

BPD located the suspects and arrested 31-year old Calvin Harris and 29-year old Mary Harris. Mary Harris is a former Casey’s worker.

Both face charges for armed robbery and unlawful restraint.

No injuries were reported and no other information is being released at this time.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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