Teh One Who Knocks
12-28-2016, 01:17 PM
By Bill Gallo Jr. | For NJ.com
PENNSVILLE TWP. -- An armed man demanded $2 in gasoline, but fled after the attendant at a local service station refused, police said.
The attempted robbery took place at the Coastal Gas Station, 550 North Broadway, in the Deepwater section of the township around 7:45 p.m. Tuesday.
According to Pennsville Chief of Police Allen J. Cummings, the male suspect on foot was carrying a gas can when he approached the attendant outside the station.
The suspect showed a knife and said he wanted $2 in gasoline, the chief said. When he was refused, he ran off.
The suspect was described as a white male wearing a dark-colored hoodie.
Police searched the area were reviewing surveillance video from the station Tuesday night, the chief said.
No one was injured in the incident, Cummings said.
PENNSVILLE TWP. -- An armed man demanded $2 in gasoline, but fled after the attendant at a local service station refused, police said.
The attempted robbery took place at the Coastal Gas Station, 550 North Broadway, in the Deepwater section of the township around 7:45 p.m. Tuesday.
According to Pennsville Chief of Police Allen J. Cummings, the male suspect on foot was carrying a gas can when he approached the attendant outside the station.
The suspect showed a knife and said he wanted $2 in gasoline, the chief said. When he was refused, he ran off.
The suspect was described as a white male wearing a dark-colored hoodie.
Police searched the area were reviewing surveillance video from the station Tuesday night, the chief said.
No one was injured in the incident, Cummings said.