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Another gas station robbery was reported in Binghamton, as police were called to the Mirabito store at 1178 Vestal Avenue last night.  A man armed with a gun walked into the gas station and demanded money, the suspect is described as white, standing 5 feet, 10 inches tall and with a thin build, wearing white sneakers, gray sweatpants, orange sun glasses, a black mask and a winter hat.  Police said he was last seen on foot on Mitchell Avenue.

State troopers of Sidney, Oneonta and Richfield Springs conducted an Underage Drinker Initiative detail, checking 8 convenient stores in Otsego County, the City of Oneonta, and in the towns of Oneonta, Otsego, Hartwick and Otego.  All 8 stores were in full compliance with all State laws, they were Hess Express, Main Street in the City of Oneonta, all Mirabito Quickways, in the Towns of Hartwick, Oneonta & West Oneonta, the Pit Stop in Cooperstown, Taylor’s Mini Mart in the Town of Laurens, & Sunoco in the Town of Otego.

State Police are continuing the investigating 2 recent armed Robberies of convenience stores.  Saturday night an unknown male subject entered the Stamford Country Store wearing a green or black jacket, work type pants with zippers at the bottom, gray gloves and a blue knit hat with eye and mouth holes cut in it.  He displayed a large kitchen type knife and left on foot.   Early Monday morning, a male subject entered the Mirabito Convenience Store on Route 23 in Davenport wearing a black jacket, jeans and a blue knit hat with eye and mouth holes, also displaying a large kitchen type knife and leaving with cash on foot.  Anyone with information is asked to call State Police at Oneonta at 432-3211.

State Police at Oneonta are investigating a grand larceny at the Mirabito Convenience Store at State Route 23, Oneonta.  Police stated that on Monday at 5:40 a.m., a lone black male entered the store and grabbed an undetermined amount of cash from the cash drawer when it was opened by the cashier.  The suspect then left the store through the front entrance door and fled the scene on foot in an easterly direction.  There were no weapons displayed or threatened.  He is described as a black male, wearing jeans and a dark colored jacket.  Anyone with information is asked to contact the State Police at 432-3211.

State Police conducted an underage drinker initiative detail across Chenango County Saturday, which resulted in no arrests for the underage sale of alcohol.  Stores in compliance included the Mirabito Quickway stores of Norwich & Oxford, Valero in Oxford & Norwich, Hess express in Norwich & North Norwich, the Sunoco Convenience Express, in Norwich, as well as the Xtra Mart in Greene, Taylor’s Mini-Mart Norwich, Kwik Fill, Norwich, the Norwich Country Store & Kitchen, & USA Gas Mini Mart in Greene.