Clerk Refuses Armed Robber's Demands, Police Search for Suspect

Guilford police are asking for your help in solving an attempted armed robbery that occurred at 1:25 a.m. Tuesday at the Xtramart at 1675 Boston Post Road.

Police say the suspect, who is described as a black male in his 20s, 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing 150-170 pounds and wearing a ski mask, entered the store and displayed a black semi-automatic handgun and demanded the clerk open the safe.

When the clerk refused the suspect fled in a Nissan Altima, possibly gray or green, westbound on Route 1, police said.

The clerk was not harmed.

If anyone has any information please call Guilford police at 203.453.8061.