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Man accused of threatening clerk with hatchet, robbing local gas station arrested

BOTKINS — A man who is accused of threatening a store clerk with a hatchet before robbing a local gas station has been arrested.

Mark Lee Davis was arrested by the U.S. Marshals in Toledo, Ohio, according to a media release.

On Sept. 16 Botkins police along with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office were called to a Circle K on East State Street for reports of an armed robbery.

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A man, identified as Davis, allegedly entered the store and produced a hatchet while demanding the store clerk open the cash register.

He then took an unspecified amount of money from the register and left the scene, police said.

News Center 7 will continue updating this story as we learn more.


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