BREAKING NEWS: 
Police on Alert: Rash of Robberies in Lancaster
Updated: Thursday, January 31 2013, 07:39 PM EST
LANCASTER -- Police in Lancaster are asking for residents' help after they have had a "rash of breakins."
Detectives say within the last month they've had a ten businesses broken into.
Surveillance video shows the robbery has covered his face when he enters the Circle K earlier this week.
Police believe at least four of the ten businesses robbed are connected, and they are checking into the others.
Lancaster police detectives say the robbers are showing a weapon, either a knife or a gun.
So far no one has been injured, but police are stepping up patrols in the area.
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Web Producer: Kellie Hanna
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