From the Buffalo News of July 10, 2007
Liquor store co-owner foils robbery with gunshot
The co-owner of a Cheektowaga liquor store foiled a robbery over the weekend by firing a warning shot and detaining two of three suspects in the holdup try, Cheektowaga police said Monday.
A would-be bandit walked into Town Park Liquor, 2551 Harlem Road, shortly before 10 p.m. Saturday and handed the clerk a demand note, police said. Co-owner James Lesinski, who was alerted to the trouble at his store, went to the scene and fired the warning shot as the thief tried to enter a getaway vehicle, according to police.
One of the two women who had been in the vehicle fled, but she was stopped by a volunteer firefighter in the area, with the help of responding police officers.
Charged with first-degree robbery were Vincent Brock, 46, of Pearl Street, Buffalo; Yvonne Gilliam, 50, of Moselle Street, Buffalo; and Mona L. McEachin, 38, of Cloverdale Avenue, Buffalo. Brock and McEachin also face drug possession charges, according to police reports.
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