Gas and Go...and Go...and Go

Two area convenience stores have been hit by thieves recently. IN one case it was a robber, in the other it was a gas drive-off. A clerk at the Grocery Bag on Boone Trail across from the Cricket Fire Department faced down the robber last Friday. She says the man, who was white and estimated to be in his 30's, was paying for a purchase, and as the cash register drawer opened, he grabbed at the money and ran out the door. She says she chased him for a short distance down Boone Trail, but lost him. She estimated 200-dollars was stolen. The man does not match the description of the thief who did nearly the same thing at the Grocery Bag in Hays three days earlier.

The convenience store that suffered a gas drive-off was also in Hays. This happened about 9:30 Monday night at Uncle Kenny's Gas-n-Go -- a rather ironic twist of fate. The clerk says that's just what the man in the black pickup did -- gas...about 3 gallons worth, stopping the pump at 10-bucks, and go...without paying for the gas he'd just pumped. The store does have surveillance cameras, and deputies have been promised a copy of the tape from Monday night.