A Butler woman is charged with robbing a Dollar General and Dunkin Donuts in Fayette County.

Lori Ann Rankin, 39, was charged Friday, Oct. 10, with felony robbery and one misdemeanor count each of theft and receiving stolen property, and with felony robbery in an additional case following Friday incidents.

Police said they responded around 4:35 p.m. to the Dollar General on Memorial Boulevard in Connellsville Township for an attempted robbery. Police said they were soon notified for an additional robbery by the same person at Dunkin Donuts in Connellsville City.

While en route, police encountered Rankin’s vehicle fleeing on Route 119. Police said Rankin was taken into custody following a traffic stop and admitted to both robberies and a separate robbery the day before in Uniontown City.

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