STARKVILLE – Two people are in custody following a Monday afternoon robbery at a gas station in Starkville.
Terrell Prater, 25, is charged with robbery and Diona McNeal, 41, is charged with robbery as an accessory after an alleged assault and robbery at Sprint Mart, 12258 Hwy. 182 E., according to a Starkville Police Department press release. No weapons were involved.
Matt Bogue, vice president of Dutch Oil Company, which owns the Sprint Mart convenience stores in Starkville, told The Dispatch the incident was limited to an “altercation between two customers.”
Although the press release did not share further details regarding the incident, Keke McNair, a cashier at the gas station, said the altercation took place at the gas pumps and resulted in gas being stolen out of the pump from a customer.
“I really didn’t see too much, but the man that got assaulted ended up coming in here asking us (if) we (saw) the other man assault him,” McNair told The Dispatch. “… It wasn’t a fight. The man was just hitting on the other man because … he asked the man for some gas, and then the man didn’t give him the gas, so he ended up beating the man up and taking his gas.”
The press release did not disclose whether gas or money was stolen from the victim. Anyone with information pertaining to the incident is encouraged to contact Golden Triangle Crime Stoppers at (800) 530-7151 or SPD at (662) 323-4131.
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