Berry and his roomate told 8 News they walked into the CVS in Carytown and asked an employee if they sold sliced cheese . The worker kindly replied that they did not . A few minutes later , the employee all of the store employees , in fact were nowhere to be found . Berry and his roommate , Philip Blackwell , said they were in the store with another customer for more than 30 minutes alone before an officer with the Richmond Police Department showed up . There ' s a Martin ' s Food Market literally next doorStore % 26 Pharmacy 37 . 5562878 , 77 . 487112 , 151 mdata ! 3 m 1 ! 1 e 3 ! 4 m 5 ! 3 m 4 ! 1 s 0 x 89 b 113 f 184 e 2384 d 0 x 40 ee 5 e 500 e 4 c 2 aa 6 ! 8 m 2 ! 3 d 37 . 5561815 ! 4 d 77 . 4865196 from that store . So after being told the CVS and Pharmacy didn ' t have sliced cheese , rather than crossing a parking lot , they first stayed long enough to notice the staff was missing and then hung around for over 30 minutes out of what curiosity ? I ' m not saying they deserved to have the cops called on them I ' m saying there seems to be more to the story , however little it might be .