Police searching for armed robber
SCRANTON - City police are looking for a man who robbed a convenience store at gunpoint Sunday afternoon.
A man dressed in a dark coat and scarf walked into Turkey Hill at 1429 Mulberry St. just after 3 p.m., asked for a pack of cigarettes, then brandished a black handgun and told the clerk to give him all the money in the cash register, acting Capt. Glen Thomas said.
The man fled west on Mulberry on foot with an undetermined amount of cash, he said. The suspect is described as a white man, about 6 feet tall and weighing about 200 pounds.