The manager of central New York Family Dollar store is in hot water after police say she made up a strong-arm robbery story, claiming she was held-up at knife point and robbed of $3,000 in the parking lot.
However, police say when they responded to the scene and did a subsequent check of the woman s vehicle, they located the purportedly stolen money.
According to New York State Police, they responded to the Family Dollar on Route 13 in the Oswego County town of Williamston at 10:24 p.m. on December 7, for a robbery in progress. The store manager, Kathryn Smith of Hannibal, told police that while she was getting into her vehicle, an unknown man appeared with a knife and demanded cash. Smith, 33, said the man took the $3,000 in cash and ran off.