Arrest made in robbery of Rowan County grocery store

Rowan County sheriff’s investigators arrested and charged a Salisbury man in connection with Tuesday’s robbery of Jack’s Grocery on Bringle Ferry Road.

James Franklin Cloer III, 41, was charged with common law robbery and was jailed on $75,000 bail.

The store was robbed about 7 p.m. Tuesday by a man who grabbed and removed the cash register, investigators said. Video surveillance captured images of the robber.

Sheriff’s detectives executed a search warrant at Cloer’s home and found clothes worn by the robber in the video.

Joe Marusak

This story was originally published January 28, 2016 at 8:34 AM with the headline "Arrest made in robbery of Rowan County grocery store."