Tobacco Hut Robbed at Gunpoint

Source from:  gretnabreeze.com 01/15/2008 01/16/2008

At 5:31 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 14, employees of Tobacco Hut, 4011 Harrison St., reported an armed robbery. Two female clerks were working inside the store when a man entered, started to make a purchase, and then pulled a handgun at the register and demanded money. The robber left the store with cash taken from the register. The suspect is described as a white male in his twenties, approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall and 180 pounds. He has sandy blonde hair and a pock-marked face. He was wearing a black coat, blue jeans, and a skateboarder-style black stocking hat with a bill. He was armed with a small, black semi-automatic handgun equipped with a red-dot laser sight. The suspect ran to a pickup truck parked south of the business. An accomplice was waiting in the vehicle and drove off when the suspect got in. The vehicle is described as a dark green Chevrolet pickup truck, late 80s to early 90s, that has very loud engine noise or a bad muffler. The handgun used in the robbery was located on the ground beside where the vehicle was parked. It is being examined for fingerprints and other evidence. Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call Bellevue Police at 293-3100. Enditem