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Man accused of robbing Troy gas station with rifle bound over for circuit court

Suspect caught on camera threatening clerk

TROY, Mich. – A 38-year-old accused of robbing an Oakland County gas station with a large rifle has been bound over for circuit court.

According to authorities, the armed robbery happened just before 2:30 a.m. Oct. 30, at a Shell Gas Station in Troy, near the intersection of Rochester Road and South Boulevard.

Police said the man entered the gas station with what appeared to be an AK-47, pointed it at the clerk and demanded money. After being given cash, he ran off.

“Put your hands on your head and count to a hundred,” he can be heard telling the clerk. “You move, you die.”

Surveillance footage of the robbery can be watched in the video player above.

Within a week of the robbery, Joseph Louis Carter was arrested and charged with armed robbery, felon in possession of a firearm and two counts of felony firearm. He was denied bond.

On Thursday, Dec. 18, Carter was bound over to circuit court, where he is expected to stand trial.


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