Robbery 1500 block of Hamilton Avenue
Portsmouth Police are investigating a robbery that occurred at approximately 3:02 p.m. on January 13, 2009 at the Albano Cleaners located in the 1500 block of Hamilton Avenue.
According to witnesses two male suspects entered the business and asked the clerk to find their laundry. After the clerk informed the two that there was no laundry under the name given, the two suspects left the business. They returned a few minutes later with a third male suspect. The third suspect pointed a handgun at the clerk and demanded the safe be opened. All three suspects removed items from the safe, then went to the cash register and removed an undisclosed amount of money.
The suspects are described as black males, around the age of twenty. One suspect was wearing a red hat and yellow shirt. Two were 5′8″ to 5′10″ tall and one was short, around 5′4″ tall.
No surveillance photographs from the business are available.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
I DONT BELIEVE YALL HAVE THE CORRECT PEOPLE IN JAIL FOR THIS CRIME BECAUSE THEY WERE IN SCHOOL ON THIS DAY!!!!!