May 08, 2020

Kansas robbery suspect used pepper-spray, took cash

Posted May 08, 2020 4:00 PM

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — An employee of a payday loan business in Wichita is recovering after an armed robber doused the man with pepper spray. Police say the crime happened Thursday afternoon at a Check N’ Go business.

The robber, wearing a scarf over his face, demanded that the 49-year-old worker open the cash drawer.

During the crime, police say, the employee suffered minor injuries after being doused in pepper spray. The robber got away with an undisclosed amount of cash and fled in a car.