TOLEDO, Ohio — Toledo police are investigating an incident at an east Toledo Family Dollar Thursday that led to the arrests of two suspects, one of whom was allegedly armed with a knife.
Officers responded to a Family Dollar store in the 600 block of East Broadway Street around 9 a.m. According to a police report, a manager attempted to confront a suspect, Deanna Graves, for shoplifting and attempting to walk out of the store with merchandise.
Graves then allegedly threatened the manager with a knife and swung it twice, attempting to cut the victim. Graves then fled the store, with the merchandise, in a gray Kia Forte that was driven by a second suspect.
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Police located the fleeing vehicle at Front and Platt streets and determined Keira Triplett was driving the vehicle. Both Triplett and Graves were taken into custody and booked at the Lucas County Jail.
Graves and Triplett were both charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.
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