Concord Store Robbed Twice In 1 Month

Concord has been robbed twice in the past month.Police said the West Street Market in Concord was robbed on March 8 and again over the weekend.Just before 8 p.m. Saturday, a robber entered the market and pointed a handgun at the clerk, police said. The robber demanded money and Marlboro cigarettes, police said.

Investigators said they believe the same man robbed the store both times.Store co-owner Sandy Mayurikaben said she was on the phone talking to her husband when the robber entered and demanded she hang up the phone.

"He said, 'I know you have some money under the counter,' and he said, 'I know you have some money here,' then I gave him that," Mayurikaben said.The man also demanded a carton of Marlboro cigarettes, and once he had those, he ran out of the store and is believed to have fled on foot.

Monday morning, Mayurikaben was back behind the counter but still a little nervous.
"I'm a little shaken, but I'm OK," she said.Concord police released surveillance video of the robbery."This is the second robbery at this store in less than a month," said Sgt. John Thomas. "We had a previous one on March 8 occurring under similar circumstances, possibly the same individual."

Mayurikaben has no doubts that it was the same man, and she said she hopes that police will be able to catch the man before he comes back again.The robber was described as a white man in his 20s, approximately 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighed 150 to 160 pounds. He was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt pulled up over his head and what appeared to be dark, women's sunglasses.