Woman charged in robbery try near Dover

Alaya A. McDonald
Alaya A. McDonald (Photo: DSP)

DOVER, DELAWARE (1/30/2015) A 21-year-old woman was charged with trying to rob a store in the Gateway South Shopping Center near Dover, state police said Friday.

The incident happened just after noon Wednesday at the Edible Arrangements store.

A woman implying she had a gun handed a note demanding money to a 26-year-old female employee, who told the robber she didn’t have any.

The robber then walked out, heading east on East Lebanon Road (Route 10).

Troopers soon located a suspect at the Best Western Galaxy Inn, 1700 E. Lebanon Road.

Alaya A. McDonald, of Dover, was taken into custody in a room where she was staying and charged with robbery. She was being held at Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution near New Castle in lieu of $5,000 cash bond.