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Woodburn Market Robbed At Gunpoint

POSTED: 1:20 pm PDT March 18, 2009
UPDATED: 3:08 pm PDT March 18, 2009

Deputies said a man entered a market just after midnight Wednesday and robbed it at gunpoint.

The owner of T&C Market on Portland Road NE in Woodburn told police that he was at the front counter talking to a customer at about 12:30 a.m. when the man entered the store and pointed a gun at them, said Lt. Sheila Lorance of the Marion County Sheriff's Department.

The gunman, speaking in Spanish, told the owner and customer to go to the back room and get down on the floor while he patted them down, Lorance said.

The man took an undisclosed amount of money from the store's cash drawer and told the two victims to get under a desk while he closed the door and escaped, Lorance said.

The robber is described as a heavyset Hispanic man in his 20s. He was wearing dark clothing and carrying a silver semi-automatic handgun.

Anyone with information about the robbery should contact the Marion County Sheriff's Office at 503-932-7749.

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