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Ironclad alibi: Suspect was in prison when store robbed

Ironclad alibi: Suspect was in prison when store robbed

ERIE, Pa. -- Erie police say a man charged with robbing a convenience store last month really did have an ironclad alibi: the bars surrounding him at a state prison near Wilkes-Barre.

Twenty-four-year-old Jason Rio Woodard was charged with robbing a Country Fair convenience store Dec. 14 after a clerk picked him out of a photo lineup.

But police have dropped the charges because they now know Mr. Woodard is serving a six-year sentence for theft and drug offenses at the State Correctional Institution at Dallas.

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Mr. Woodard's mother, Dolores Payne, says police called to apologize but she plans to sue.

Police say it was an honest mistake based on the clerk's identification.

First Published: January 10, 2008, 3:15 p.m.

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