Lexington Co., S.C. (WOLO)– On Monday morning, Lexington Co. deputies say they responded to an armed robbery in progress at a convenience store on Edmund Hwy.

When they arrived, deputies say they found Katrina Diaz, 39, standing in the back of the store eating ice cream.

Investigators say store employees told them Diaz came into the store earlier that morning and asked to use the phone. When employees told her it didn’t work, deputies say she tried to walk out of the store with a display of lighters.

When they told her she couldn’t take them, deputies say she pulled out a knife.

At that point, deputies say the employees locked themselves in the office while Diaz walked around the store destroying merchandise.

Deputies say Diaz is charged with three counts of assault and battery of a h

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