THUNDER BAY – City police are investigating a pair of convenience store.
In a release issued on Friday afternoon, police say officers responded at about 8:40 p.m. Thursday night after receiving a report that a man with a mask over his face entered Alley’s Variety on Franklin Street and demanded cash and cigarettes from the 21-year-old female clerk.
The suspect then fled on foot.
The suspect is described as Caucasian, standing about 5-foot-7 with a thick build. He was wearing grey sweat pants and a black Air Jordan hoodie.
The second incident occurred at about 11:30 p.m. the same night, when a male suspect entered a Mac’s Convenience store on Waterloo Street, also demanding cash and cigarettes from the 41-year-old male clerk on duty at the time.
The suspect in the second robbery also fled on foot.
Police said the suspect in the later incident entered the store with his face covered and estimate he was about 5-foot-8 and was wearing grey sweatpants and a grey hoodie with the word “Jeep” emblazoned on the front.
Anyone with information is asked to phone police at 684-1200, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or visit www.tipsubmit.com.
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