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Deputies seek armed teen who held up boy's lemonade stand

Boy's lemonade stand held up
Posted at 1:40 PM, Aug 05, 2018
and last updated 2018-08-06 07:17:11-04

Deputies in North Carolina say they're seeking a teenager who robbed a 9-year-old's lemonade stand at gunpoint.

   The Union County Sheriff's Office said Sunday that the stickup happened near a traffic roundabout in Monroe, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) southeast of Charlotte.

   Deputies say the young drink vendor reported that a male teenager with a camouflage hat and black shirt placed a black handgun to the boy's stomach Saturday, demanded money and then fled on foot.

   Sheriff's spokesman Tony Underwood tells The Charlotte Observer less than $20 in cash was stolen.

   Authorities found a camouflage hat, a black BB handgun and a stolen metal tin in some nearby woods. Deputies believe the suspect left a bicycle in the brush for his getaway.