Sheriffs Office: 2 Beaufort County stores robbed by armed men

The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office was investigating two armed robberies in Beaufort County on Tuesday night.

The Callawassie General Store in Okatie reported an armed robbery first, sometime before 8:45 p.m., the Sheriff’s Office said.

According to a statement, a man entered the store at 1 Callawassie Drive, showed a handgun and demanded money. The man then left the store in an unknown direction.

Sheriff’s Office investigators, who were still on the scene around 8:45 p.m., said the robber was a black male about 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighing between 160 and 170 pounds. He was wearing black pants and a blue sweater vest.

Just before 9:30 p.m., a second robbery took place at the Shell Food Mart at 3530 Trask Parkway. In that incident, a man also entered the store, showed a handgun and demanded money. He left toward the Spanish Moss Trail at the rear of the building.

The second robber was described as a black male about 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighing about 200 pounds and wearing black pants and a black hoodie covering his head.

If you have information about either incident, call the Sheriff’s Office dispatch at 843-524-2777.

This story was originally published December 27, 2016 at 9:28 PM with the headline "Sheriffs Office: 2 Beaufort County stores robbed by armed men."