Tuesday's robbery is the fourth robbery with the past two weeks for Ho Supermarket and St. Peters Supermarket. Acting Police Spokesman Giovanni Sprott confirmed the armed robberies had taken place on Tuesday morning. Sprott said when police reached the St. Peters area they conducted an investigation it was confirmed that all five of the Supermarkets were robbed within the span of an hour.
The Acting Police Spokesman said the patrols conducted an intensive search in the area for the suspect(s) but did not encounter anyone. Therefore, the Police Department is asking the general public for any information that would lead them to the culprit(s) responsible for the spate of armed robberies that are plaguing the St. Peters community.
While the Police Department is asking the community for information that would lead them to the culprits, SMN News learnt that some neighbors and one of the victims in Tuesday's robbery saw the suspect who robbed the five supermarkets hiding in the nearby bushes. One of the victims and proprietor of one of the supermarkets that was robbed on Tuesday said that when they saw the suspect they called the police who in turn responded to the scene only to inform them that they were not able to go into the bushes to apprehend the suspect. The victim said the suspect went as far as stripping off his clothes to hide in the bushes.