4 White People Arrested For Robbing a Convenient Food Mart

WHEELING - Authorities in Wheeling say that a group of white people were arrested earlier today when they held the cashier of a Convenient Food Mart (right) at gunpoint and demanded money from the register and stole a variety of groceries. The cashier, 107 year-old Bessie Cook, said that the white people were wearing masks, but could tell that they were white from the way that they were speaking.

"They sounded out every word they said," said Cook, who doesn't have hair. "Especially the words that ended in 'r', that's how I knew right there."

Surveillance footage shows the white people escaping from the convenience store in a Toyota Prius after knocking Cook to the ground. The fall set off Cook's LifeAlert necklace, notifying the Wheeling Police Department of the situation.

"All senior citizens should have LifeAlert," said Cook.

It did not take police long to track down the suspects.

"I was driving down National Road near Wheeling Park when I heard a car playing very loud music," said officer Allan Barbrady. "When I drove up closer I noticed that the car was occupied by a group of white people listening to Barry Manilow. I promptly pulled them over."

When officers searched the car they found one-hundred dollars worth of stolen Starbucks coffee and soy milk. The suspects matched the description of the perpetrators given in Cook's statement to police. The white people were then taken to the West Virginia Northern Regional Jail. The names of the white people have not yet been released.