MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WBTW) – Myrtle Beach police say the man who reportedly robbed a gas station wearing a “scream mask” early Saturday morning turned himself into police.
Captain Joey Crosby says Brandon Lee Alston turned himself into officials Friday morning after his photo was released to the media Thursday afternoon.
Alston is accused of robbing a gas station clerk of $48 this past weekend. Alston was wanted for armed robbery, assault and battery 1st degree, kidnapping, weapon possession and lottery fraud.
Officers were called to the Scotchman gas station, located at 1101 3rd Avenue South, around 3:30 a.m. Saturday morning. The store clerk told police that a man wearing a “scream mask” jumped the counter, hit the clerk in the face with a gun, and demanded cash from the register.
The police report states that the suspect, later identified as Alston, got about $48 from the register and then demanded the clerk give him lottery tickets and the employee’s cell phone to “keep him from calling the police.” Alston then allegedly ordered the clerk to the floor and threatened to shoot him if the clerk didn’t listen.
The suspect ran from the store toward the back of the building, the report states.
The store clerk told police that the gunman was wearing black pants, a black sweatshirt, white shoes, and the mask. The thief is approximately 6’ 3” with a slim build, weighing about 140 pounds.
Officers found white gloves behind the store along with a piece of paper with the suspect’s shoe print, the report states.
Alston is charged with armed robbery, assault and battery 1st degree, kidnapping, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, possession of a weapon by convicted felon, intent to defraud lottery.