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SoCal robber holds up 11 people, gets $6

Associated Press - March 10, 2010 11:14 AM ET

THERMAL, Calif. (AP) - Riverside County authorities say a woman with a gun robbed 11 customers at a market and got away with $6.

A Sheriff's Department statement says the woman, armed with a semiautomatic pistol, went to La Chicanita Market in the town of Thermal at about 3 p.m. Tuesday.

Deputy Herlinda Valenzuela says the woman confronted 10 customers in the store and one person who was entering the market.

She then fled in an old car.

Nobody was hurt.

Information from: The Press-Enterprise, http://www.pe.com

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