An Opelika man has been charged with robbing a grocery store and a Dollar General in the Beauregard community of Lee County.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office says 23-year-old Cortaveus Eiland is charged with robbery in the first degree.

Last night at about 9:15, deputies were called to an armed robbery at Mike’s Grocery in the 4000 block of Lee County Road 166.

Deputies say the clerk told them that a man wearing dark clothing and sunglasses grabbed a Sprite from the cooler and walked to the register. The man pulled what appeared to be a handgun inside of a bag out of his waistband and told her to give him the money and threatened to shoot her if she didn’t do it. He left in a gray SUV.

Deputies developed Eiland as a suspect and found him at his home in the 2000 block of Lee County Road

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