Police looking for long-haired, smelly robber

Police are looking for long-haired, bearded gunman with bad teeth who smelled like he hadn’t bathed in weeks when he robbed the Amerigas office in Plaza Shopping Center Friday morning.

The man fled the business office just before 9 a.m. Friday with over $2,000 in cash and checks, cutting the phone line with a pair of scissors to delay the lone female secretary from immediately summoning police.

According to police reports, the gunman walked into the office and approached the secretary who was working at her computer. He then pointed a gun at her head and demanded she hand over all the business’ money. However, when she opened the money drawer she found it to be empty.

The robber then directed her to the company safe where he made her hand over a money bag containing cash and checks.

‘She was afraid he was going to kill her,’ patrolman Rodney Whiles said in his report, noting the man held a gun to the woman’s head the entire time.

After taking the money, the robber directed the woman to lay on the floor for 10 minutes, warning that he would kill her if she moved before the time was up. He then grabbed the bag and a pair of scissors, cutting the phone line as he ran out the door. The woman said she waited a few minutes before making her way to the back part of the building where she called police. The man had disappeared without a trace before police arrived.

While police are following what leads they have, no prime suspects have been revealed. The robber is described as being a white male, weighing around 200 pounds in his mid-40s with dark brown to black shoulder-length hair. He was wearing cheap, brown sunglasses, a red hat and black cotton gloves. The victim also said the man had bad hygiene.

‘His teeth were rotten and he smelled like he hadn’t had a bath in two weeks,’ Whiles said on his report, noting the woman noticed the robber was sweating profusely and jerking almost uncontrollably. The gun used is described as a black revolver with a wooden grip. The money taken was contained in a U.S. Bank money bag.

Anyone who may have seen the man entering or leaving the business or even seen anyone fitting his description leaving the area on foot or in a vehicle is asked to contact police at 473-3386.

Amerigas is located near Gondola.