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Two Armed Robberies Reported at Dearborn Gas Stations

Police are searching for the perpetrators of armed robberies on Dec. 1 and 4 at Mobil and BP stations.

Dearborn police are investigating two armed robberies that were reported at local gas stations over the past week.

According to police, the first robbery took place at the on Ford Road near Miller Road on Dec. 1 around 10:30 p.m.

The clerk was taking out the garbage when he saw a suspicious, dark-colored SUV pull in to the lot. The clerk pressed the alarm button in the store, when two of the three people in the SUV entered the store. Both were wearing masks and dark clothing; one was carrying a rifle.

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The suspects asked where the safe was located and for the key. When the clerk indicated he did not have the key, the suspects took the safe, cash register, rolled coins and several cartons of cigarettes and fled the scene.

On Sunday, Dec. 4, just before 8 a.m., the Mobil Gas Station on Michigan Avenue near Oakman Boulevard was robbed under similar circumstances.

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According to police, four suspects wearing masks and dark clothing entered the station; one was carrying a rifle. During the robbery, a shot was fired inside the business, but no one was hurt.

The suspects fled east on Michigan Avenue in a dark-colored SUV.

An inventory of the business is still being conducted so it is unknown at this time what was taken.

Police said they beleive the two robberies were committed by the same people.

Police have asked for anyone with information about the robberies to call the Dearborn Police Tip Line at 313-943-3012.

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