POUGHKEEPSIE – A Beacon man is under arrest and charged with the armed robbery of the Family Dollar store at 617 Main Street in Poughkeepsie on Sunday, January 22 at about 10:30 p.m.
City police said Johnny White, 28, entered the store while armed with a machete. He forced one of the two employees there into a bathroom and made the other one empty the safe and register of the cash before running out the back door.
Investigation by Poughkeepsie Police led to White as a suspect. Beacon City Police were alerted and on Monday, January 23 at around 6:50 p.m., he was arrested by Beacon Police after a traffic stop.
Poughkeepsie Police took him into custody and charged him with armed robbery. He is in the Dutchess County Jail in lieu of $150,000 cash bail or $300,000 bond.
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