An attempted armed robbery occurred shortly before midnight at a 7-Eleven in Wheatfield.

According to reports, a white male wearing a welders mask attempted to hold up the store and was last seen running towards Sears.

There was an armed robbery at the same 7-Eleven store approximately 72 hours earlier. The Niagara County Sheriff's Office had put out a plea for help in attempting to locate the suspect on Tuesday.

There was also an armed robbery at Gail's Tobacco & Gas Outlet on Upper Mountain Road in the Town of Lewiston on Tuesday.

It is unknown if any of the armed robberies are related or if any of them are related to a string of armed robberies that occurred between Christmas and late January.

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