| May 15,
2003 |
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| Two
Charged in Robbery of Sid's Market |
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Michael R. Southard |
Paul R. Skjordal |
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| Two men have been arrested in last month's armed
robbery of Sid's Market on Dysartsville Road. |
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| Michael Ray Southard, 25, of 5445 Matthew Pond
Road, Morganton; and Paul Rickard Skjordal, 21, of 3500 North Grand Street Apt.
14, Ames, Iowa were jailed under $50,000 secured bonds after being charged with
robbery with a dangerous weapon. |
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| The two men allegedly entered the store with
stockings on their heads around 8:24 a.m. on April 28th, one of them
carrying a handgun. |
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| According to authorities, the suspects order a
clerk to open the cash register and fired a round into the floor during the
robbery. The bandits left on foot with an undisclosed amount of
cash. |
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| The suspects reportedly ran to a nearby church
and fired another shot at a customer who had followed them. Detectives believe
the men left in a vehicle they had left parked in the church parking
lot. |
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| Detectives said they received numerous tips
during the course of their investigation, with one tip leading the
investigators to Skjordal, who lives Ames, Iowa. |
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| Investigators from Burke County traveled to Iowa
and spoke with Skjordal, obtaining enough evidence to charge him with the armed
robbery, a detective said. Skjordal waived extradition and was transported back
to Burke County. |
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| Southard was later arrested after the
investigators obtained warrants for his arrest. |
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| Southard and Skjordal have first court
appearances in Burke County District Court on May 16th. |
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| Assisting the Burke County Sheriff's Office in
the investigation were the Story County, Iowa Sheriff's Office, and the Ames,
Iowa Police Department. |
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