Police and courts in the Lexington, Ky., area
Police say suspects in a robbery Sunday night used bleach as a weapon during a cigarette heist.
The robbery occurred a little before 11 p.m., when four males entered the Convenient market, 1116 Winburn Dr., threw bleach on the manager and then stole cartons of cigarettes, said Lexington Police Lt. Fred Lisanby.
The store employee did not go to the hospital.
Herald-Leader Staff Report
A Lexington man was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for laundering money for a $60 million organized retail theft ring. Abduhl Sulaiman, 47, owned the Stop N Shop Discount Food on Winburn Drive in Lexington.
Federal prosecutors say he cashed checks for a retail theft ring organized by a Louisville business called Alpha Trading, which allegedly dealt in stolen baby formula and health and beauty products.
In June, a federal jury in Lexington convicted Sulaiman of money laundering, conspiracy and failure to file currency transaction reports.
Sulaiman was sentenced by Judge Jennifer Coffman on Friday at a hearing in U.S. District Court in Lexington.
The latest from Commonwealth's Attorney Ray Larson
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