Rudolph Smith Jr. is accused of using a machete to rob a gas station in Salisbury.

SALISBURY, NC – A man is charged after police say he used a machete to rob a gas station in Salisbury.

The robbery happened at the Circle K on East Innes Street early Friday morning.

Police say the man went into the business with the machete, demanded money, then took off in a car.

Detectives used surveillance video to identify the vehicle. Rowan County Sheriff’s deputies helped find the vehicle on Bringle Ferry Road.

Officers arrested 31-year-old Rudolph Smith Jr.

He’s charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon and is being held with no bond at the Rowan County Detention Center.

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