The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched on report of an Armed Robbery on Jones Road near Fountain Inn at 9:22 yesterday morning. Deputy Edwards located the victim at a Sav-Way store in Fountain Inn. He said that he and his girlfriend had been in Greenville and starting walking to Fountain Inn yesterday morning. On the way, a man in a brown Volvo pulled up and offered them a ride. He said he offered to buy gasoline for the man in return for the ride. After dropping the girlfriend off at her house on Garth Road, the man said he wanted to get the man to take him back to Greenville. He said that about halfway between Garth Road and Durbin Road the driver pulled the car over, pulled out a pistol and pointed it at him. He said he could see the man meant business so he got his money and cell phone from his pocket and put it on the seat. The man then ordered him to start walking. After he exited the car, the man drove off. The victim said he walked up Jones Road until he reached Durbin Road, then went left walking toward Highway 418. He found his cell phone in the road all broken up, so he picked it up gently and placed it in his pocket in hopes it could provide fingerprints. Investigators of the Sheriff’s Office began follow-up work, including an interview of the girlfriend. A BOLO was issued for the brown Volvo.
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