State of Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security

Division of State Police

Superintendent Robert M. Coupe

Dairy Queen Robbery Probed

Released: Friday, July 17, 2009, at 8:00 a.m.

Location of Incident: Dairy Queen, 374 E. Chestnut Hill Road, Newark, Delaware, New Castle County

Date of Occurrence: Thursday, July 16^th, 2009, at approximately 11:20 p.m.

Suspect(s):

• Black male, wearing a face mask, blue jeans, white sneakers who was carrying a black handgun.
• Black male, wearing a face mask and a black hooded jacket.

Resume: Troopers responded to the Chestnut Hill Dairy Queen late last night for a reported robbery. 

In this case, two suspects entered the business through an unlocked rear door.  At this same time, the employees present were closing up shop for the night.  Once inside, the suspects ordered all of the employees to the front of the store.  The bandits then located an undisclosed amount of money and fled the store with same. 

Surveillance video is not available at this time. No one was injured in this incident.

The suspects’ descriptions at included above. 

Anyone with information pertaining to this case is asked to call investigators at 302-834-2630 ext. 6 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333.

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