A Bradenton woman has been arrested in connection with the armed robbery at 7-Eleven on Clark Road on August 18, according to Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.
The clerk reported that a woman wearing a blonde wig and a black hooded sweatshirt entered the store about 4:40 a.m., told her she had a gun and demanded money from both registers and three cartons of cigarettes.
During the investigation, the clerk was contacted by her ex-sister-in-law, Constance Carol Newbeck, who apologized for robbing her and admitted she used a real gun.
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Newbeck, 39, 2100 block of 56th Avenue Terrace East, was taken into custody Tuesday with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force and charged with Robbery with a Firearm. The judge ordered her held without bond.
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