Two men are behind bars accused of robbing a Benzie County gas station at gunpoint, but officers say it really wasn’t a surprise. Deputies say hours before the armed robbery the two gunmen warned the cashier they were coming and gave her a detailed plan of the crime.
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Just after three o'clock Thursday morning investigators say two men showed up at the Honor Shell Gas Station in Benzie County and robbed the clerk at gun point, but there’s a twist to the story. Deputies say hours before the armed robbery the two gunmen warned the cashier they were coming and gave her a detailed plan of the crime.
Undersheriff Rory Heckman says, "They were planning on coming back with the weapon and they were going to rob her and wanted her to cooperate in exchange for money.”
Believing that the clerk was on board the two men returned with masks and a gun just two hours later, but what they didn't know is after they left the clerk called deputies who immediately sprang into action.
Heckman says, "You have a gunman who says he has a B.B. gun, but who knows what he's got. What do you do? You let them get outside and make the stop."
Both deputies and troopers were staked outside the gas station. The undersheriff says a minute after the two men left officers stopped them.
Heckman says, "Obviously they were brazen enough to think they had her intimidated and that she's on board. She was by herself she was obviously intimidated and scared. She did the right thing."
Kasey Allan of Clio and David Connell of Beulah are each facing one count of armed robbery.
