WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (1/12/2015) City police have arrested a suspect in the armed robbery of a convenience store.
The robbery happened just before 10 p.m. Friday at the King Star Convenience Store, 2711 Lancaster Ave. The robber held a handgun and demanded cash from the clerk, who complied. The robber then fled.
Detectives developed Willie L. Corbin, 24, of Wilmington, as a suspect, police said, and he was arrested Saturday in the 2800 block of W. Second St. for an active warrant.
Detective Robert Fox, after a search and interviews, charged Corbin with robbery, possession of a firearm during commission of a felony and by a person prohibited, wearing a disguise and aggravated menacing.
Corbin was being held at Young Correctional Institution in lieu of $76,000 cash bail.