Man Arrested for Concealed Weapons at Badcock Store

June 29, 2010  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on June 30, 2010

A man was arrested after police were called to investigate a possible armed robbery at a Badcock Home Furniture & More store in Rockledge, Fla., Florida Today reported Tuesday.

Rodney Dotson was charged with two counts of carrying a concealed weapon.

"He had walked into the store with a bandana covering his face," a Rockledge Police Department spokeswoman said in the report. "The workers got really frightened and thought they were being robbed."

Two store workers fled as police set up a perimeter and searched the area around the Badcock Home Furnishings & More store.

"When officers finally stopped (Dotson) at gunpoint, we found a couple of knives on him," the spokeswoman said. "But there are no reports of him approaching or making any demands from anyone."