Binghamton Dollar General Robbery Not Believed to Be Related to Others

City of Binghamton Police are investigating a robbery at a First Ward Store.

Police say the Dollar General store on Clinton Street was held up at around noon December 18th  by a man indicating he had a gun.

Officials say they do not believe the latest roggery was related to a string of recent knifepoint holdups.

The suspect in the Wednesday robbery is believed to be white, wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with his face covered by a purple and white scarf.

Investigators say the man fled on foot west toward railroad tracks.

Over a dozen robberies over the past several weeks have involved a suspect entering a convenience store or Chinese restaurants and displaying a knife.

In most cases, the robber is described as a white man wearing a ski mask or scarf but there had been a couple incidents where the suspect was described as black.