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ST. THOMAS – An armed man robbed St. Andrew’s Episcopalian Church in Sugar Estate of an undetermined amount of money Tuesday morning, according to police.
No one was seriously hurt during the robbery, but a woman at the church was pistol-whipped, police said.
A woman called 911 at 10:14 a.m. Tuesday to report the incident, according to the police blotter, a log of calls to police dispatchers. The woman told police that she was at the church working when a woman came in to buy five bags of ice, Police Department spokeswoman Melody Rames said.
The woman said that she went to a room in the back for change and that a man followed her to the back. Pointing a gun at the woman, the man demanded money, Rames said.
The woman hesitated, the man struck her on the forehead with the handgun, took the money from a drawer and fled on foot, Rames said.
The woman who had come to buy ice also fled, Rames said.
The victim did not provide police with detailed descriptions of the robber, Rames said.
The victim was taken to Schneider Hospital where she was treated and released.
- Contact reporter Corliss Smithen at 774-8772 ext 302 or e-mail csmithen@dailynews.vi.
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