BROWNING ON BUSINESS Inside, See page 4A ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI CDISPATCH.COM 50 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY THURSDAY | FEBRUARY 12, 2015 Person of interest detained for store robbery Sprint Mart at 2021 Military At approximately 9 a.m. Triangle Wednesday. Neither Kidnapped clerk taken to West Point, where Road, according to CPD and Wednesday, authorities identi- was injured. She said it was un- convenience store manager Ash- fied a person of interest in West determined if the suspect was police located her at a local business ley Waddell. A male suspect took Point and took that person into armed, but all signs indicated BY ANDREW HAZZARD one of the store clerks hostage. custody. that he was.
[email protected] vestigation of a robbery and kid- West Point police officers Waddell told The Dispatch Authorities declined to re- napping at a local convenience found the kidnapped clerk at a both clerks working at the time lease the name of the suspect by The Columbus Police De- store Wednesday morning. store in West Point, according were female and both received press time today. partment has taken a person of The incident took place at to a statement from CPD Capt. medical check-ups at Baptist The investigation is ongoing, interest into custody in the in- about 4 a.m. Wednesday at the Brent Swan. Memorial Hospital—Golden according to Swan. CAFFEINE QUEEN Flag order slips through cracks region wide Few entities knew to fly flags at half-mast for Nunnelee BY ZACK PLAIR
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