Richfield Man Charged With Robbing Walgreens Clerk

A Richfield man has been charged with stealing nearly $900 in cash from a Walgreens drugstore in Minneapolis.

Dwayne James Douglas, 21, is charged with felony theft from a person, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

According to the criminal complaint, compiled by Minneapolis Police Sgt. Jeffrey Harvey, police were called to the Walgreens location on Hiawatha Avenue South at about 1 a.m. March 24 on a report of a robbery.

The cashier told police that a black man and an American Indian woman, both hiding their faces, had approached him as he was stocking cigarettes behind the counter. The man—later identified as Douglas—was wearing a black mask and holding something near his hip, and demanded that the clerk give him everything from the cash register, according to the complaint.

The clerk handed over more than $800 in cash, and the woman, identified as Ashley Cheyenne Skinaway, 23, of Minneapolis, demanded a pack of Camel Crush cigarettes, which the clerk also handed over, according to the complaint. Douglas and Skinaway then fled the store and drove away in a Chevrolet Cavalier.

The theft was captured on surveillance video.

According to the complaint, when police tracked down Douglas and Skinaway at a nearby bar, Douglas was wearing a black mask around his neck, and officers could see bills and a knife sticking out of his pants pockets. The complaint also stated that a pack of Camel Crush cigarettes was visible on the car’s center console.

The total amount of cash stolen from the Walgreens store was $890.

Douglas is free on a $3,000 bond. An omnibus hearing in his case is scheduled May 24 in Hennepin County District Court. Skinaway remains in the Hennepin County Jail.