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Suspected Dollar General Robber Has First Court Appearance

By Scott Sarvay
June 18, 2010 Updated Dec 23, 2009 at 12:18 PM EST FORT WAYNE, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - 20-year-old Andre Washington is charged with three felonies related to the armed robbery at the Dollar General store on Bluffton Road on December fifth, where about $800 was taken. Washington is charged with robbery, criminal confinement and battery. He was granted a public defender in court, and a preliminary plea of not guilty was entered on his behalf. His trial setting hearing will be held January fifth. Police are also looking into whether Washington was involved in armed robberies at Advance Auto Parts and a Dairy Queen on the southeast side of Fort Wayne, around the same time.
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