Suspect Sought in Local Convenience Store Robbery

By Bay City News Service:

Sheriff’s deputies are looking for a man who robbed a convenience store at gunpoint early Wednesday morning in unincorporated San Mateo County, near Redwood City.

After entering a Quick Stop in the 3000 block of Middlefield Road at 5:03 a.m., the suspect brandished and demanded cash.

The suspect fled the scene with roughly $400 in cash, according to deputies, running north on Middlfield Road and east on Eighth Avenue.

The suspect is described as a Hispanic or white man in his mid-20s. At the time of the robbery he was wearing a black jacket, black shirt, black beanie, gray gloves and a gray painter’s mask.

Deputies are asking anyone with additional information to contact Detective Hector Acosta at (650) 363-4064. Anonymous tips can be called in at (800) 547-2700.

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