Millbrae Gas Station Target Of Knifepoint Hold-Up

MILLBRAE, CA — San Mateo County sheriff's deputies are seeking a suspect who robbed a gas station in Millbrae at knifepoint earlier this week. According to the agency, it happened around 9 p.m. Monday at the 76 gas station at 5 El Camino Real.

"The suspect approached the cashier armed with a knife, and told the clerk to open the cash register and do not call law enforcement," the sheriff's office said in a news release. "In fear, the cashier opened the register and the suspect removed cash."

Following the incident, someone flagged down sheriff's deputies to report what had just happened, the law enforcement agency said.

Deputies soon learned a white man believed to be between 30 and 40 years old wearing all black clothing and a black mask entered the gas station and committed the crime, sheriff's officials said.

The suspect remains at large and deputies say the weapon used was a knife with an approximately 4-inch blade and a brown handle.

Anyone with information about the case is encouraged to call the sheriff's office's Millbrae Police Bureau at (650) 259-2300 or an anonymous tip line at (800) 547-2700.

— Bay City News Service contributed to this report / Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone