A St. Paul man suspected of robbing a Roseville dollar store on Christmas Eve was quickly identified after forgetting to put on his mask.
Quincy G. Petty, 39, strode into the Dollar Tree on Larpenteur Avenue just after 8 a.m. and approached the cashier, saying, "Open your register, I'm robbing you," according to charges filed last week. A store employee recognized the suspect as a colleague's boyfriend before he remembered to put on his mask, court records show.
Petty and a male accomplice left the store with about $1,700 in cash, police said.
He was later arrested outside his girlfriend's home, where authorities found more than $600 in his pocket along with a crumpled-up envelope with the word "robbery" written on it.
Petty faces one count each of aggravated robbery and simple robbery.
According to the charges, a Dollar Tree manager had recently received a report that a fellow employee heard Petty's girlfriend make comments about robbing the store, saying her boyfriend was in a gang.
On Christmas Eve, Petty and another man walked in demanding cash on his girlfriend's day off.
Petty then reached under his sweatshirt near his waistband and yelled: "If you put your hands down, ya'll done," according to charges. He then made several remarks about the store's apparent lack of video cameras.
