IN YORK COUNTY. A MAN IS ACCUSED OF PAINTING A TOY GUN AND USING IT TO ROB A STORE. AUTHORITIES SAY HE DIDN’T JUST USE ANY TOY GUN. IT WAS THE ICONIC NINTENDO DUCK HUNT PISTOL. WE ARE TOLD 25 YEAR OLD DAVID D’ALESANDRO IS ROBBED A CONVENIENCE STORE TUESDAY SHOWING THE CLERK THE FAKE GUN IN HIS WAISTBAND AND DEMANDING CASH.
South Carolina man uses 'spray-painted Nintendo Duck Hunt game pistol' to rob business, deputies say
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Updated: 1:22 PM EDT Jun 2, 2023
A man in South Carolina used a a spray-painted Nintendo Duck Hunt game pistol to rob a business, according to the York County Sheriff's Office. David Joseph Dalesandro, 25, of Sharon, was quickly apprehended after he presented a gun and robbed the Sharon Kwik Stop convenience store on York Street, according to deputies. They said the robbery happened about 5:45 p.m. Tuesday.Witnesses tell deputies a person came into the store wearing a mask, wig, and hoodie sweatshirt. The person showed the clerk the fake gun in the waistband of his pants and then demanded money from the cash register, according to deputies. Deputies said approximately $300 was taken from the clerk.Deputies located the Dalesandro in the parking lot of Dollar General down the street.Deputies said they found the duck hunt pistol in Dalesandro’s pants. He was arrested and booked into the York County Detention Center.More news: Motorcyclist killed in Upstate crash, coroner saysCoroner identifies woman killed after vehicle hits treePolice searching for suspect after Carolina bank robbery
SHARON, S.C. — A man in South Carolina used a a spray-painted Nintendo Duck Hunt game pistol to rob a business, according to the York County Sheriff's Office.
David Joseph Dalesandro, 25, of Sharon, was quickly apprehended after he presented a gun and robbed the Sharon Kwik Stop convenience store on York Street, according to deputies.
They said the robbery happened about 5:45 p.m. Tuesday.
York County Sheriff's Office
Witnesses tell deputies a person came into the store wearing a mask, wig, and hoodie sweatshirt.
The person showed the clerk the fake gun in the waistband of his pants and then demanded money from the cash register, according to deputies.
York County Sheriff's Office
Deputies said approximately $300 was taken from the clerk.
Deputies located the Dalesandro in the parking lot of Dollar General down the street.
Deputies said they found the duck hunt pistol in Dalesandro’s pants.
He was arrested and booked into the York County Detention Center.
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