Two gunmen rob Austintown store clerk

AUSTINTOWN — Two employees of a South Raccoon Road check cashing store reported being robbed by two armed men.

Shortly before 7 p.m. Friday, the employees of Check and Go said two men came into the store with guns drawn. One of the employees pushed the store’s panic alarm.

One of the gunmen ordered the women to the floor while the other told them to open the store’s safe. The men threw plastic bags to the women and ordered them to fill the bags with the safe’s contents.

After putting money into the bags, the women were ordered into the store’s restroom and the men fled.

It was undetermined at the time of the report how much money had been taken.