SPRINGVILLE, AL (WBRC) -
A Blountsville woman used a pellet gun to rob the Springville Dollar
General in hopes of getting enough cash to bail her boyfriend out of
jail, police said Thursday.
Kimberly Nicole Ford, 31, is charged with first degree robbery. She was suspected of robbing the Dollar General on Monday morning
with an AR-15 style weapon, forcing the clerk to hand over two tills of
money. As it turns out, the gun was fake, according to Springville
Police Chief Bill Lyle.
Chief Lyle said Ford tossed the pellet
gun from her SUV's window once she saw police officers approaching. Ford
also threw out the cash drawers taken from the store, but kept the
money. Chief Lyle says her motive in the robbery was to bail her
boyfriend out of the jail in Guntersville.
Sumter County deputies
and Livingston Police located Ford at a motel in Livingston with her
boyfriend. She was arrested at the motel on Tuesday.
Chief Lyle credits the community for watching the news and contacting police with leads that led to Ford's identity and arrest.
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Kimberly Ford. Source: Springville Police
The suspect can be seen with the rifle, leading the clerk (bottom) to the front of the store. Source: Springville PD/WBRC video
This is the Dollar General that was robbed Monday morning. Source: Sherea Harris
