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12/09/2012 10:21 AM

Police searching for armed robbery suspect

By: Web Staff

Police searching for armed robbery suspect

TOMPKINS COUNTY, N.Y. -- Officials in Tompkins County need your help finding a suspect in an armed robbery. It happened at the Mobile Gas Station on Triphammer Road in Lansing around 10 p.m. Saturday.

Sheriff's deputies say a man walked into the store and showed a large knife to the cashier. They say the suspect got away with cartons of cigarettes.

The suspect is described as a slender male and was wearing boots, jeans, a camouflage hooded jacket, gloves and a white cloth covering his face.

If you have any information about this robbery, call the Sheriff's office anonymous tip line at (607) 266-5420.