Ronnie Samuel Cook (Photo courtesy James City County Police Department)
A Richmond man has been arrested and charged in connection to the Jan. 4 robbery of the Norge 7-Eleven, a crime he is alleged to have committed just hours after investigators believe he stabbed his 78-year-old mother to death.
Police arrested 44-year-old Ronnie Samuel Cook on Jan. 5 in connection to the alleged murder of his mother in Richmond. He was later charged by the James City County Police Department with robbery for the incident at the Norge 7-Eleven. Police in Henrico County have also charged him with the Jan. 5 robbery of a Shell station there.
Cook is alleged to have entered the Norge 7-Eleven around 4:45 p.m. Jan. 4. He approached the clerk and asked to buy a lottery ticket. He then allegedly threatened the clerk and ordered her to give him lottery tickets, money from the cash register and several packs of cigarettes. He then ordered the clerk to the back of the store. As she walked to the back, he left the store with cigarettes, lottery tickets and an undisclosed amount of money.
He then walked behind the store toward the Kristiansand Office Park before leaving the area in an unidentified white vehicle. No weapon was displayed during that incident and the clerk was not injured.
The following morning, Cook allegedly entered the convenience store in a Shell Station on the West End in Henrico County, according to Richmond CBS affiliate WTVR. He is accused of walking up to the counter there and brandishing a handgun while demanding money and Newport cigarettes. He then ordered the clerk to walk to the back of the storeroom before running off on foot.
Police arrested Cook a short time later.
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