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Chicago Tribune - January 13, 2005
The robbery occurred about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, when police responded to a burglary alarm at the store at 3065 W. Armitage Ave., Officer Matthew Jackson said.
Minutes before, a man had walked in and showed the store's owner the needle, telling her he had AIDS, Jackson said.
"He was using that as a weapon," Jackson said.
The owner gave an unknown amount of cash to the man, who then fled.
Police described the suspect as a Latino male, 25 to 28 years old, about 5 feet 2 inches tall and having a light complexion and black eyes.
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