Police in Peterborough, Ont., are looking for a suspect following a nighttime convenience store robbery late last week.
Around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 30, Peterborough Police Service officers responded to a reported robbery at a store in the area of Ashburnham Drive and Lansdowne Street East.
Witnesses said as they were approaching the store, they saw a clerk with their hands in the air and a male suspect pointing an object at the clerk.
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The clerk waved at the witnesses to not enter the business, police said.
The suspect fled the store and headed north on a bicycle along Ashburnham Drive.
The suspect was described as having a thin build and wearing a black hoodie, black pants, grey socks, sandals and a red bandana mask. He was carrying a grey backpack.
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Anyone with information is asked to call Peterborough Police Service at 705-876-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.stopcrimehere.ca
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