Xenia police respond to CheckSmart robbery report; questioning a person possibly connected

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XENIA — A person police believe may be connected to a robbery at the CheckSmart location on West Main Street this morning is being questioned, Xenia police said.

Officers responded to the store around 10 a.m. after a man showed clerks a note saying he had a gun and demanded money, said Sgt. Scott Beegle. The man never showed a weapon and left the store without anything from it, Beegle said.

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Shortly after the robbery, police located a man that matched at least a portion of the suspect’s description and that man is being questioned, along with several witnesses.

No one in the store was hurt during the crime.