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Police are investigating multiple robberies in Chesapeake

Posted at 12:18 PM, Feb 13, 2016
and last updated 2016-02-13 12:18:02-05

Chesapeake, Va. – Police are investigating robberies that happened at three 7-Eleven stores Friday night and early Saturday morning.

Police believe the same person is behind all three robberies.

The first robbery happened at 11:38 p.m. in the 1100 block of Portlock Road.

According to police the suspect entered the location and pointed a gun at the victims. He then ordered the store employee to empty the registers.

The suspect then fled the store in an unknown direction with an unknown amount of money.

According to police around 12:30 a.m. the same suspect walked into a second store in the 1000 Block of Battlefield Boulevard North.

He attempted to get money from the register and was unsuccessful.

He later entered a third store around 12:44 a.m. in the 200 Block of Battlefield Boulevard South, he ordered the store employee to empty the register.

He fled the store with an unknown amount of money.

Police K-9 investigated all three locations and was unable to track down the suspect.

The suspect is described as a black male approximately 6’2″ tall, wearing a blue jacket, black mask, gray sweat pants, white shoes and armed with a silver handgun.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-UP.