Lawrence Sturdivant, 32, robbed stores and pharmacies in Shaker Heights and Cleveland by acting like he was buying candy before pulling out a gun and taking cash from the registers, according to court records.
Federal agents arrested a man accused of robbing 10 stores at gunpoint in three weeks.CLEVELAND, Ohio— Federal agents on Thursday accused a Garfield Heights man of robbing 10 Cleveland-area stores at gunpoint in three weeks.
The robberies happened from Dec. 5 through Dec. 26, including nine in Cleveland and one in Shaker Heights. He faces a charge in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court for a Dec. 16 robbery mentioned in the federal complaint. About a half-hour later, Sturdivant showed up at the Walgreens on Union Avenue near East 114th Street and acted like he was buying candy. He pulled a gun on the cashier, grabbed the cash tray and said: “I’m not pointing the gun at you. I just want to feed my family,” according to the complaint. He took about $100 and ran off.
On Dec. 16, he robbed the Walgreens on Clark Avenue near West 34th Street by pretending to buy candy, pulling a gun and stealing $180. Less than an hour later, he robbed at gunpoint the CVS on Euclid Avenue near East 80th Street. Court records do not say how much money he stole.