Shotgun-packing youths rob store

By Natasha Kaye Johnson
Diné Bureau

DILCON — The Mustang Gas Station in Dilcon was robbed late Sunday, reportedly by two male juveniles.

According to officials, the surveillance video shows two masked males storming into the store around 9:39 p.m. One pointed a double-barrel shotgun at the female cashier, then demanded she fill a plastic bag he gave her with cash from the register. The other suspect made his way behind the front counter, and began waving a knife at a male cashier. He then took cigarette and tobacco products.

The store manager witnessed the robbery on the video system in a different area of the store, and called the police. Officials said officers arrived five minutes after the suspects fled in a gray sedan. Officials do not know how much money was taken.

After reviewing the video, a male juvenile suspect was taken into custody on Monday, and was questioned by the FBI and Dilcon Criminal Investigations.

"There's no charges right now," said Lt. Emerson Lee.

Lee said the juvenile in custody is from the Dilcon area, and believes that the second suspect may also be local. Lee said officials will rely on the surveillance evidence to help close the case.

"That's the prime evidence in the case right now," he said.