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ALL FOUR IN CUSTODY IN DOLLAR GENERAL ROBBERY

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AUTHORITIES SAY ALL FOUR PEOPLE ARE NOW IN CUSTODY IN CONNECTION WITH THE MARCH 23RD ARMED ROBBERY OF THE DOLLAR GENERAL STORE IN SARASOTA.  DEPUTIES CAPTURED 31 YEAR OLD HENRY JOHNSON AND 21 YEAR OLD KEITH SMITH, THE TWO MEN WHO ALLEGEDLY HELD UP THE STORE AND TOOK $343 CASH.  THEY WERE BOTH PICKED UP ON WARRANTS ISSUED SHORTLY AFTER THE HEIST AND THEY BOTH FACE ARMED ROBBERY CHARGES.  EARLIER DEPUTIES HAD ARRESTED 38 YEAR OLD JEANYA PRESTON AND HER 20 YEAR OLD SON CLARENCE PRESTON ON PRINCIPAL TO ARMED ROBBERY CHARGES AS JEANYA DROVE THE GETAWAY CAR AND CLARENCE WAS INSIDE.  THE 1990 CAMRY WAS FOUND BEHIND A HOUSE ON KING BOULEVARD NOT TOO LONG AFTER THE BURGLARY.