Vardaman Armed Robbery Arrest

Anthony Earl Pierce
Source: Vardaman police

VARDAMAN, Miss. (WCBI) – A Vardaman man is in the Calhoun County jail, accused of robbing a convenience store with a knife.

Anthony Earl Pierce, 45, is charged with one count of armed robbery.

Vardaman Police Chief Kenneth Scott says investigators received a tip that Pierce borrowed the getaway vehicle caught on surveillance video.

Police found the vehicle and other evidence.

Pierce was arrested Wednesday afternoon.

A robber jumped on the counter inside Vardaman Express, with a knife, early Sunday morning and got away with about eight hundred 50 dollars.

Investigators found the knife at the store.

No one was injured.