Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown Police has made an arrest in connection with three holdups or attempted holdup of Jamestown convenience stores.

Police Chief Scott Edinger says, an attempted holdup of Dan’s Sooper Stop, at 811 13th Street Northeast, occurred Tuesday evening (Jan 28, 2014) at about 8:30-p.m.

hemphillThe man police identified as 55  year old Gary Lynn Hemphill of Jamestown, entered the store and said he had a weapon, demanding cash.

The clerk on duty challenged him about actually having a weapon, which he said he did not have, and fled in a vehicle, which the clerk gave a description of, and police located it, leading to the arrest of Hemphill.

JetstreamJan8eastendHe was wearing similar clothing the male suspect was wearing in the robberies of the Cenex Convenience store, on December 15, 2013 and Jetstream Car Wash, on January 9, 2014, located within a block of each other on 10th Street Southeast in Jamestown. Police  believed the three incidents are connected

The clerk at Dan’s Sooper Stop said the suspect was wearing a Carhart jacket with a hoody with a raincoat over it, and was wearing a mask, with a plastic bag over his head.

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 Hemphill, was charged Thursday afternoon in Southeast District Court with robbery and criminal intent.

He is in custody at the Stutsman County Correctional Center on a $50,000 cash bond.