Robbery in parking lot

By By Steve Gillespie / staff writer
April 4, 2002
The Meridian Police Department is looking for the suspect in an armed robbery that occurred in the parking lot of Winn-Dixie on Highway 19 North, at about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Detective Deano Harper of the Meridian Police Department said a man was accosted in the parking lot by a suspect wearing a ski mask. Harper would not say what type of weapon was used.
The victim was unharmed, but his wallet was taken.
The suspect, who was described as a black male about 6 feet tall, was last seen running in the direction of Village Apartments on Mosby Road after the robbery.