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Walmart "greeter," 83, pulls off armed robbery of store, say N.C. police

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(CBS/AP) STATESVILLE, N.C. - Greetings from Walmart?

Police have charged an 83-year-old greeter at a North Carolina Walmart with trying to rob the store where he worked.

Police say George Plane Jr. of Mooresville was working Sunday night when he went to his car, donned a disguise and walked back inside the Statesville store with a gun.

Statesville Police Chief Tom Anderson says Plane put the gun to a fellow employee's head and demanded money from a cash register. Anderson says Plane fired a shot in the air after leaving with the money. Plane was arrested later Sunday.

He was being held Monday on multiple charges, including robbery with a dangerous weapon.


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