VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A Norfolk man has been arrested in connection to a theft from a Walgreens in Virginia Beach. 

Virginia Beach police say 51-year-old Edward Darryl Speller walked into the store on S. Military Highway — just off Indian River Road — at around 3 a.m. on May 9. He allegedly used the ruse that he was going to buy something in order to rob the store.

Edward Darryl Speller

Police say as the clerk was ringing up the order, Speller implied that he had a gun. He then left the store with cash in a dark-colored sedan.

No injuries were reported.