The robbery occurred just at the stores scheduled closing time.
The Webster County Sheriff's office said that the Nebraska State Patrol would be handling any releases of information concerning the robbery and the investigation.
Few details have been release at this point but sources had reported that a great deal of information has been gathered including witness descriptions of the perpetrators, video images, etc. Lt. Leonard. indicated that he believed multiple robbers were involved and that the robbers had been identified. As of Thursday noon they had not been apprehended.
Reportable details were sparse at midmorning Thursday, but officers had gathered a great deal of information about the incident including witness descriptions of the suspects, video images, and data collected from some vehicles that had been recovered, Leonard said.
"We have identified the likely suspects, and the investigation is ongoing," he said.
A spokeswoman for the Webster County Sheriff's Office said officers were out on the robbery call all night and did not return to the office in Red Cloud until 8 a.m. Thursday.
December 19, 2010 , Nebraska Law enforcement was called to Blue Hill to investigate a break in at the Country Store on highway 281. Between the hours of closing near midnight, and 5:30 a.m. when employees came to open the business the front window in the door was broken out for the thief or theives to gain entry. The cash drawer from the register was taken. No cash was reported to have been in the register at the time of the break in.
Thieves also entered C&D Service Center in Red Cloud around the same time . The glass was also broken in the front door and the register drawer was taken.
A survelleillance camera produced some evidence .
Update: The Nebraska State Patrol has confirmed that they recovered vehicles of suspects that were used to rob a Blue Hill convenience. The suspects still remain on the loose .
Around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday night, multiple suspects entered the Ampride Country Store and Cenex gas station on highway 281.
The Nebraska State Patrol is handling the investigation and is not releasing any further details at this time. They have confirmed it was an armed robbery as the suspects did have weapons.
Update 7/20/2015 — Four 17-year-old Males from Hastings were arrested in connection with the vicious armed robbery of the Ampride convenience store Wednesday.
Three of the juveniles were arrested on charges of robbery and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony.
The other one is charged with aiding and abetting a Class 2 felony and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony. All the charges against all of the suspects are Class 2 felonies punishable by up to 50 years in prison.
. The Webster County Sheriff's Office said that because all four are juveniles, it can release no information about their incarceration status.
One of the suspects was interviewed by a Nebraska State Patrol investigator at the Hastings Police Department on Thursday and subsequently was charged.
The other three were arrested on warrants Saturday at various locations in Hastings.
Update 7/21/2015
Four individuals are listed on the Webster County Court Calendar for July 22, 2015 for Robbery; Use deadly weapon to commit Robbery charges.
Update 7/22/2015
The Four teenage boys who were arrested in connection with an armed robbery at the Ampride convenience store in Blue Hill on July 15th will be charged as adults according to Sara Bockstadter. The four were arraigned in Webster County court Wednesday. The charges they are facing for robbing the Ampride Country Store and Cenex Gas Station could put them in jail for up to 50 years.
Jonathan J. Bourg, Nathan D. Gartner, Dylan R. Stuart, and Daniel J. Zubrod III, all four juveniles, were being held on a $250,000 bond Wednesday.
According to Bockstadter, , three of the armed robbery suspects are residents of Hastings and the fourth was from out of town. They were arrested Saturday on various warrants.
Two are charged with robbery and use of a weapon to commit a felony. The two others are charged with aiding and abetting, a Class 2 felony, and use of a weapon to commit a felony.
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On 07-18-15 Jonathan Bourg, age 17, of Hastings was arrested in the 2400 block of West 8th street on a Webster County warrant.
On 07-18-15, Daniel Zubrod III, age 17, of Hastings was arrested on a warrant in the 1500 block of West 7th Street.
On 07-19-15, Nathan Gartner, age 17, of Hastings was arrested in a Webster County warrant.
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