Milan liquor store robbed at gunpoint
Josh Barnett - Sports Editor

Around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 31, the Liquor Cabinet in Milan was robbed at gunpoint.

According to one witness, a man dressed in all black with commando make-up was seen running towards some semi-trailers west of the store. As the witness got closer to the liquor store the owner ran out to inform them that his store has just been robbed.

When police arrived on the scene they were informed of the offender's whereabouts near the semi-trailers. A few minutes later the criminal was apprehended by Milan Officer Daniel Craig. Nineteen-year-old Eric Adams from Moores Hill was arrested and charged with Armed Robbery. The gun and the money from the liquor store were recovered by police. The gun, which looked to be a semi-automatic pistol, turned out to be just a toy gun.

Assisting Officer Craig in the investigation is Milan Officer Gary Skaggs, deputies from the Ripley County Sheriff's Department, Versailles and Sunman police along with C.S.I. Sgt. Ed Lewis of the Indiana State Police.

Adams is currently being held in the Ripley County Jail without bail until a determination of probable cause by the Ripley Circuit Court.

Armed Robbery is a Class B felony and carries a presumptive sentence of ten years in prison, to which can be added ten years for aggravating factors, or four years subtracted for mitigation circumstances.