Furniture Store Managers Foil Robbery

June 7, 2010  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on June 8, 2010

Two managers at Smart Buy Home Furnishings in Springfield, Mo., prevented a burglary at the furniture store Saturday, the Springfield News-Leader reported Monday.

Marlene Woodman runs Smart Buy Home Furnishings with her daughter Angela Mallard. Police responding to a call found Mallard holding two men at gunpoint.

Mallard, who'd earlier arrived at the store with lunch, had found a man her mother had been waiting on in the back room of the store while Woodman was helping another customer--who turned out to be the first man's accomplice. The women detained both men.

Police arrested the two men, who are brothers, ages 58 and 45, who were not named in the report since they weren't listed as charged on Sunday.