Sheetz across from N.C. Wesleyan robbed

Police are asking for the public’s help finding a suspect who robbed the Sheetz convenience store across from N.C. Wesleyan University early Saturday morning.

Officers responded shortly before 4 a.m. to the scene, and a preliminary investigation found that the suspect had entered the store and had demanded property before fleeing in an unknown direction, police said. The store is in the 3700 block of North Wesleyan Boulevard on the far northern side of the city. In addition to being near a private university, it is across from a shopping center anchored by a Food Lion supermarket.

N.C. Wesleyan University is a small, private Methodist-affiliated institution that serves students from all over the United States and more than 40 different countries.

Anyone with any additional information about the incident is asked to call the police department at (252) 972-1411 or Crime Stoppers at (252) 977-1111. Tips also can be texted to police at 274637 by beginning messages with RMPOL to direct the tip to the police department, and messages can be sent to police via the MyRMT mobile app.

All texts remain anonymous. Rewards are offered for tips leading to an arrest.