The Winchester Police Department report by email the response to a report of a suspect brandishing a firearm at the Royal Farms store on Berryville Avenue on July 30th.

Dispatch informed officers that the clerk saw the suspect leaving in a white sedan.

Officers spotted the vehicle on Pleasant Valley Road and conducted a traffic stop and the driver was detained.

The follow up investigation confirmed that the driver identified as Gregory Martin of Indiana was responsible for brandishing a weapon.

It was learned that Martin entered Royal Farms and became angry that he couldn’t buy alcohol after midnight.

Matin attempted to conceal a beer and once he was stopped by an employee he pulled a weapon.

While searching the vehicle Martin was in officers found a small bag of what is believed to be methamphetamine.

Matin was arrested and charged with brandishing a firearm, concealing store merchandise, possession of narcotics, and public intoxication.

The weapon used in the incident was a BB gun.

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