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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A man used a tire iron to rob the Turkey Hill store on East Main Street early Monday morning, city police said.</p><p>Police said the suspect, described as a white man, entered the store just before 1 a.m. and demanded money while threatening a clerk with a tire iron.</p><p>The suspect ran out of the store with an undisclosed amount of cash in an unknown direction.</p><p>Police said the suspect had a black and gray hooded jacket or sweat shirt, dark sneakers or hiking shoes and concealed his lower face with a gray winter type scarf.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Wilkes-Barre police released a surveillance picture of Turkey Hill robbery on East Main Street early Monday morning. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/web1_81015-wb-police-turkey1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Wilkes-Barre police released a surveillance picture of Turkey Hill robbery on East Main Street early Monday morning. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Wilkes-Barre Police investigating Turkey Hill robbery