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off at Mayhugh’s Store, then circled back to pick him up after the robbery.
Mayhugh’s lost $600 to $700 in the hold-up, which occurred at 9:20 p.m., close to Sunday’s closing time. Nobody was injured.
Solesbee expressed confidence in catching the culprit eventually, with the cooperation of other law-enforcement •agencies.
“This is probably not his first robbery and not his last,” he said. “Sooner or later he will slip up.”
Rappahannock County remains one of the safest locations in Virginia, according to state crime statistics.
The state uses the number of crimes per 100,000 people as a way of comparing the crime rate among localities.
Using this index, Rappahannock’s crime rate was 957 in 1997 —the most recent year for which data is available —■. compared to Culpeper’s 2,706, Fauquier’s 2,028, Warren’s 3,373, and
96.5%