Check into Cahs Robbery

WEST LAFAYETTE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN ARMED ROBBERY AT A CASH ADVANCE CENTER.NEWS 18'S BRITTANY TYNER REPORTS.. EMPLOYEES PLAYED THEIR PART TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE DURING THE DAYTIME ROBBERY.#@BRITTANY: TUESDAY AFTERNOON SEEMED LIKE JUST ANOTHER DAY FOR CHECK INTO CASH EMPLOYEES. BUT THAT QUICKLY CHANGED. POLICE SAY TWO BLACK MALES IN THEIR 20'S WALKED INTO THE CASH ADVANCE CENTER ON SAGAMORE PARKWAY IN WEST LAFAYETTE AROUND 12:45. ONE MAN WAS WEARING A MASK, THE OTHER A HAT. POLICE SAY IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE A ROBBERY WAS IN FULL SWING.HARRIS: "ONE DISPLAYED A SILVER REVOLVER HANDGUN, THEY WERE IN THE STORE FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN-FIFTEEN MINUTES." BRITTANY: LT. TROY HARRIS SAYS THE TWO MEN LEFT THE CHECK INTO CASH WITH AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF MONEY. WITNESSES TOLD POLICE THE MEN RAN TO THE BACK OF THE BUILDING AND TOOK OFF IN A CHARCOAL-GRAY DODGE DURANGO. HARRIS SAYS A WITNESS MAY HAVE NOTICED SOMETHING SPECIFIC ABOUT THE VEHICLE.HARRIS: "EARLY REPORTS SAY THAT IT MAY HAVE A BREAST CANCER AWARENESS LICENSE PLATE. WE CAN NOT CONFIRM THAT."BRITTANY: HARRIS SAYS THE EMPLOYEES AT CHECK INTO CASH PLAYED THEIR PART TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.. INCLUDING A CUSTOMER. HOWEVER.. HE SAYS IT WASN'T EASY.HARRIS: "DUE TO WHERE THE EMPLOYEES WERE AT IN THE STORE AND WHERE THE SUSPECTS WERE LOCATED AND THE THREAT THAT WAS EXPOSED BY HAVING THE FIREARM POINTED AT THEM, THEY DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS SAFE TO ACTIVATE ANY EMERGENCY DISTRESS SIGNALS."BRITTANY: HARRIS SAYS AN EMPLOYEE CALLED IN THE ROBBERY AS SOON AS THE MEN LEFT. HE SAYS POLICE HAVE GATHERED SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE FROM CHECK INTO CASH AND CONDUCTED SEVERAL INTERVIEWS WITH WITNESSES. HARRIS DOESN'T BELIEVE THIS ARMED ROBBERY IS RELATED TO RECENT ROBBERIES IN THE GREATER LAFAYETTE AREA. REPORTING IN WEST LAFAYETTE, BRITTANY TYNER, NEWS 18.@# ANYBODY WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROBBERY CAN CALL THE WEST LAFAYETTE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 775-5200 OR THE ANONYMOUS