[dkst0426]

7 Local Harris Teeters Targeted By Robbers | digtriad.com

Greensboro, NC -- Police in three Triad cities are investigating robberies and attempted robberies at seven different Harris Teeter stores, including four since Sunday.

The crimes date back to December 2011 and began at the Harris Teeter on Skeet Club Road in High Point. A police report states that on Dec. 24, 2011, two men robbed the store director and store accountant around 6:45 a.m. The report says the suspects got away with about $4,500.

Greensboro police report a similar robbery at the Harris Teeter in Friendly Center on Jan. 31. Another happened in High Point on March 17 at the Harris Teeter on Eastchester Drive.

A rash of the crimes began Sunday morning, when Winston-Salem police reported an armed robbery at the Harris Teeter on Grant Hill Lane around 4:05 a.m. Less than 90 minutes later, Greensboro police report an attempted robbery happened at the Harris Teeter store on New Garden Road, followed shortly by another attempted robbery at the store on Battleground Avenue.

The most recent robbery was reported Tuesday morning, around 4:10, at the Harris Teeter on Pisgah Church Road in Greensboro. A release from GPD says two suspects entered the store with handguns and threatened the staff. They then pried open some of the registers.

Police in all three cities are working together -- and with Harris Teeter -- and believe the crimes are related.

"At this point, there is no indication of why Harris Teeter is chosen, other than Harris Teeter is probably our one grocer in the area that is open 24 hours a day," Greensboro police Capt. Mike Richey said. "And it is an extremely popular grocery store, so they're easy to find."

Odd pattern. Be careful in general, but be careful out there during Triples Week if you like to go in the late hours to beat crowds.

[LadySiren]

Originally Posted by dkst0426

7 Local Harris Teeters Targeted By Robbers | digtriad.com

Odd pattern. Be careful in general, but be careful out there during Triples Week if you like to go in the late hours to beat crowds.

Holy moe...lets hope they leave the Burlington store alone!

[dkst0426]

News report last night (WFMY) said HT has contracted armed security guards at all Triad-area HTs. Seen them both last night and tonight.

[sternforpres]

I can't imagine intervening in a robbery, except maybe at a HT!

[lms28023]

Wow, my sister goes to the one on New Garden because it's only a few blocks away from her home.

[marypat58]

Last night there were two HT robberies in the Charlotte area - one in Fort Mill, SC just before 10 pm and another in Cornelius, NC just after midnight.

[mom2bbkkm&m]

7 HT's are no longer going to be 24 hrs due to the recent string of robberies/attempted robberies. They are changing their hours, 6 am - 1 am. I never shop that late anyway, but I know some people do. I really hope they catch the person/people who is/are doing this.

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