Christopher Logan Finch
Note: This story was updated at 5:50 p.m.
A Clinton man was arrested Thursday after investigators from the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department identified him as a suspect in the knifepoint robbery of a Dollar General in Claxton on Saturday, authorities said.
Christopher Logan Finch, 19, of Queen Street in Clinton, was arrested Thursday afternoon by Sheriff’s Department deputies and investigators and agents from the Seventh Judicial District Crime Task Force. He was arrested at his home in Claxton.
Finch is charged in connection with the Dollar General Store robbery that occurred on Saturday, October 24. He is charged with aggravated robbery, aggravated assault, and theft, and he is being held in the Anderson County Detention Facility. His bond has been set at $155,000.
“Quick work by Sheriff’s investigators led to Finch being identified as the robbery suspect and warrants were obtained yesterday (Wednesday, October 28),” the Sheriff’s Department said. “He was arrested at his home today without incident.”
Here is more information from an earlier story:
The Dollar General Store on Edgemoor Road in Claxton was robbed at knifepoint on Saturday, October 24, shortly before 10 p.m., authorities said.
The suspect threatened the clerk with a knife and demanded money, according to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department. The assistant manager opened the register, and the suspect fled on foot across Edgemoor Road with some $375 in cash, Chief Deputy Mark Lucas said.
Sheriff’s K-9s were called to the scene and tracked the suspect through the Greenview Village housing complex into Greenview Apartments on Old Edgemoor Road to a vacant apartment. The window of the empty apartment was found to be open, and it appeared someone had been staying there, Lucas said. However, no one was found at the time of the search.
The suspect was described as a white male, around 25 years old, 5’07” to 5’10” and 150 pounds, with blond to light brown hair and a short goatee. He was wearing a camouflage-colored cap, and greyish color hoodie with “Myrtle Beach” in white letters, and a blue shirt.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
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