RAPID CITY, S.D. – Police in Rapid City are investigating three robberies possibly involving the same people, two of them that took place within thirty minutes of each other last night.
Police say around 9 p.m. Wednesday, a man took a bank bag from the front desk of the Quality Inn on North Lacrosse Street. He then went into an office, brandishing a gun at a worker before leaving.
Nearby security camera video showed the man get into a tan passenger vehicle with a spoiler on the trunk.
Less than an hour later, a Big D convenience store on West Main Street was robbed by two men. One of the suspects showed a gun and demanded money. The suspect fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.
The two suspects then got into a car that looks similar to the one in the earlier robbery.
In this robbery, one suspect was wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, red undershirt, face mask, blue jeans, black shoes and gloves. The other suspect had a grey hooded sweatshirt, white undershirt, black and red shoes, blue jeans, a face mask and gloves.
There was another robbery Jan. 18, at the Jackpot Casino on Lacrosse Street. In this robbery, the suspect distracted the employee so he could take an undisclosed amount of money from the cash drawer.
Anyone with information on the holdups is encouraged to contact police.
