Robber hits Woodstock Shell station

For those of you out roaming around at 2:00AM, you may want to be extra careful about stopping at gas stations and convenience stores in the middle of the night. Think ahead. Being prepared could save your life. Know what you'll do, if you are a late-night customer in a store being robbed.

The Shell station at 315 N. Madison St. was hit by an armed robber on Wednesday morning, and the guy apparently took off on foot, going south on Madison from the store. That would head him toward the Square or maybe the vicinity of the train station.

Anyone on foot at 2:00AM, especially running, would be noticed by anyone in a car.

Did the Woodstock Police put out an alert immediately on the City's electronic warning system, which is like the MCSD NIXLE system? Not that I received.

Who would receive such a message? Anyone signed up for the service. Now, the PD shouldn't activate, necessarily, the telephone out-dialing system at 2:15AM, but it could send a text message with the incident and description of the robber. With all the kids driving around at 2:00-3:00AM, somebody might spot the robber.

But that would make life too easy around here...

Is there a videotape from the robbery? How about getting it to the Northwest Herald and/or posting it on YouTube or on the City's own website???

Why would the Northwest Herald block comments to its online article about the robbery???