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GR gas station robbed at knifepoint
Suspect fled with cash, nobody hurt
Updated: Friday, 18 Jan 2013, 5:22 AM EST
Published : Thursday, 17 Jan 2013, 8:06 AM EST
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - Grand Rapids police are investigating a robbery that occurred at a gas station.
Officers were dispatched around 7 a.m. Thursday to the Marathon gas station at 2560 E. Beltline Ave. SE.
The clerk told police the suspect walked into the business, approached the counter, produced a knife and demanded money from the clerk.
The suspect was given some cash and ran from the scene before officers arrived, police told 24 Hour News 8.
A police K-9 unit searched the scene.
The suspect is described as a 6-foot black male in his 30s, having a thin build and a thin mustache, and wearing a light blue, waist-length jacket, a red shirt and a dark hat.
No employees were hurt in the incident.
You are asked to call GRPD at 616.456.3604 or Silent Observer at 616.774.2345 if you can help solve this crime.
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