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<p>WILKES-BARRE TWP. &#8212; A man armed with a knife got away with an undetermined amount of cash in a robbery at the Citgo Unimart service station on Wilkes-Barre Township Boulevard on Sunday.</p><p>Police on Monday released a surveillance picture of the suspect, described as a white man wearing a black wool cap, a long sleeve blue shirt and gray pants.</p><p>Police said the suspect entered the store at about 9:16 p.m. and demanded a clerk to open a cash register. The suspect walked behind the counter where he brandished a knife and told the clerk to put money in a bag, police said.</p><p>The clerk opened the cash register and stepped aside, at which time the suspect removed money from the register and placed it in a bag before running out of the store, police said.</p><p>Police said the suspect was last seen running in the rear of the building, adjacent to the Blackman Street exit of Interstate 81.</p><p>Anyone with information about the robbery or who can identify the suspect is asked to call Wilkes-Barre Township police at 570-208-4635 ext. 870.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Wilkes-Barre Township police released a surveillance picture of suspect in Citgo Unimart robbery on Sunday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/web1_WB-Twp-citgo-robbery-9-13-15.jpg</photo0><caption0>Wilkes-Barre Township police released a surveillance picture of suspect in Citgo Unimart robbery on Sunday. </caption0><photoCredit0></photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Ed Lewis at 570-991-6116 or on Twitter @TLEdLewis</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Armed robbery at Wilkes-Barre Township store