Deputies arrest 2 teens for holdup of convenience store

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Deputies arrest 2 teens for holdup of convenience store

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Two teenagers

have been arrested for the armed robbery of an east Fayette convenience

store July 1.

And a third

suspect, a juvenile, has been identified and is expected to be taken into

custody soon, according to a spokesperson for the Fayette County Sheriff's

Department.

Jerome Daniel

Price, 19, and Warren Devale Balam Jr., 18, both of Clayton County, have

been charged with one felony count each of armed robbery for the incident

at Jackson's General Store on Ga. Highway 54 East at the intersection

of Corinth Road.

According to

warrants for their arrest, Price dropped off the other two suspects at

the store July 1. Balam entered the store as a lookout, warrants indicated.

Police said

one suspect entered the store and brandished a hunting knife while disguising

his face with a black bandana just below his eyes. At the same time, another

person entered the store with a Halloween mask on, looked around and left

before the robbery was completed.

The suspects

got away with $500 in cash along with 30 lottery tickets and some cigars,

police said. No one was hurt during the incident, according to officials.

A vehicle was

seen dropping two men off in the area just before the robbery, police

said.

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