Armed Trio Hit Lafayette 7-Eleven, Move on to Walnut Creek

Police say three men who robbed a Boulevard Way 7-Eleven store in Walnut Creek shortly before midnight Monday also robbed the 7-Eleven on Mt. Diablo Boulevard in Lafayette.

In the Lafayette robbery, the armed suspects entered the store at 11:13 p.m. and demanded money, fleeing on foot with a small amount of cash.  A short time later a night clerk at the 7-Eleven on Boulevard Way in Walnut Creek frightened off a gunman, one of three robbers who reportedly came into the store late Monday night, by threatening to toss a plastic doughnut delivery tray at him.

Clerk Tony Sharma said that his fellow employee saw the men come into the store, and that one had a gun. The clerk immediately picked up a doughnut delivery tray, which is about 2 1/2 feet long, and held it over his head as if to throw it. The robbers ran out, Sharma said. 

Anyone with information on either robbery should contact the Contra Costa Sheriff's Department, 925-646-2441.